Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 35205-35208 [2018-15882]
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BILLING CODE 3510–33–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–814]
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
From the People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination
of Circumvention of the Antidumping
Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings
(butt-weld pipe fittings) exported from
Malaysia, which were completed in
Malaysia using finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from the
People’s Republic of China (China), are
circumventing the antidumping duty
(AD) order on butt-weld pipe fittings
from China.
DATES: Applicable July 25, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry
Huang or Susan Pulongbarit, AD/CVD
Operations, Office V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
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(202) 482–4047 or (202) 482–4031,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 1992, Commerce issued the
AD order on imports of butt-weld pipe
fittings from China.1 Additionally, on
March 31, 1994, Commerce issued an
affirmative final anti-circumvention
determination finding that imports into
the United States of pipe fittings that
were finished in Thailand from
unfinished pipe fittings produced in
China constituted circumvention of the
Order within the meaning of section
781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).2 Commerce applied
this finding of circumvention to all
imports of butt-weld pipe fittings from
Thailand, regardless of manufacturer/
producer, unless accompanied by a
certification stating that such pipe
fittings have not been produced from
unfinished pipe fittings sourced from
China.3
On May 22, 2017, Tube Forgings of
America, Inc., Mills Iron Works, Inc.,
and Hackney Ladish, Inc., (collectively,
the domestic parties), alleged that
imports of butt-weld pipe fittings which
were completed in Malaysia using
finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe
fittings sourced from China are
circumventing the Order.4 In their
allegation, the domestic parties
requested that Commerce initiate an
anti-circumvention inquiry pursuant to
section 781(b) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.225(h), to determine whether
imports of butt-weld pipe fittings
sourced from unfinished or finished
butt-weld pipe fittings from the PRC
have undergone minor finishing
processes, or were simply marked with
‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country of origin, in
Malaysia, before export to the United
States constitutes circumvention of the
Order. The domestic parties also
requested that Commerce reach an
affirmative determination of
circumvention for all imports of butt1 See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment
to the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China, 57 FR
29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order).
2 See Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
from the People’s Republic of China; Affirmative
Final Determination of Circumvention of
Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 15155 (March 31,
1994).
3 Id., at 15158–59.
4 See Letter from the domestic parties to the
Secretary of Commerce, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
A–570–814; Request for Circumvention Ruling
Pursuant to Section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of
1930,’’ dated May 22, 2017.
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weld pipe fittings from Malaysia,
regardless of producer or exporter.
On August 25, 2017, Commerce
published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of this anticircumvention inquiry.5 For a complete
description of the events that followed
the initiation of this inquiry, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6 A
list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as Appendix I to this notice.
The Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is a public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and to all
parties in the Central Records Unit,
room B8024 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order
are carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings.
For a complete description of the scope
of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.7
Scope of the Anti-Circumvention
Inquiry
This anti-circumvention inquiry
covers butt-weld pipe fittings exported
from Malaysia to the United States,
which were completed in Malaysia
using finished or unfinished butt-weld
pipe fittings sourced from China
(inquiry merchandise). This preliminary
ruling applies to all shipments of
inquiry merchandise on or after the date
of the initiation of this inquiry.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this anticircumvention inquiry in accordance
with section 781(b) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying Commerce’s preliminary
determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
5 See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of AntiCircumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty
Order, 82 FR 40556 (August 25, 2017).
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Decision
Memorandum for the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
on the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Carbon
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
7 Id.
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Preliminary Finding
As detailed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum, we
preliminarily determine that butt-weld
pipe fittings exported from Malaysia,
which were completed in Malaysia
using finished or unfinished butt-weld
pipe fittings from China, or were simply
marked with ‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country
of origin are circumventing the Order.
As such, we preliminarily determine
that it is appropriate to include this
merchandise within the Order and to
instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to suspend any entries
of butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia,
which were completed in Malaysia
using finished or unfinished butt-weld
pipe fittings from China, or were simply
marked with ‘‘Malaysia’’ as the country
of origin. We also preliminarily
determine that Arah Dagang Sdn. Bhd.
(Arah Dagang), Solidbend Fittings &
Flanges Sdn. Bhd. (Solidbend), and
Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania
Pte. Ltd. (Sumitomo) have not exported
butt-weld pipe fittings which were
completed in Malaysia using finished or
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings from
China.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.225(l)(2), Commerce will direct CBP
to suspend liquidation and to require a
cash deposit of estimated duties on
unliquidated entries of butt-weld pipe
fittings completed or simply marked in
Malaysia from Chinese-origin finished
or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
that were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after
August 21, 2017, the date of initiation
of the anti-circumvention inquiry.
The suspension of liquidation
instructions will remain in effect until
further notice. Commerce will instruct
CBP to require AD cash deposits equal
to the China-wide rate of 182.90
percent, unless the importer/exporter
can certify to CBP that the Chineseorigin finished or unfinished butt-weld
pipe fittings completed in Malaysia
were supplied by a Chinese
manufacturer with a company-specific
separate rate. In that instance, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate of the
Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings
manufacturer that has its own rate.8
8 See, e.g., Glycine from the People’s Republic of
China: Preliminary Partial Affirmative
Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order and Initiation of Scope
Inquiry, 77 FR 21532, 21535 (April 10, 2012),
unchanged in Glycine from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Partial Affirmative Determination of
Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77
FR 73426 (December 10, 2012).
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Butt-weld pipe fittings completed in
Malaysia from finished and unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings that are not of
Chinese-origin are not subject to this
inquiry. Therefore, cash deposits are not
required for such merchandise, subject
to the following certification
requirements.9 An importer of butt-weld
pipe fittings from Malaysia claiming
that its butt-weld pipe fittings were not
completed from finished and unfinished
Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings must
meet the certification and
documentation requirements described
in Appendix II. Appendix II requires the
importer to prepare and retain
certifications and documents not only
on its own behalf, but also get a
certification from the exporter of this
merchandise. Specifically, importers of
such butt-weld pipe fittings must
prepare and maintain an Importer
Certification (see Appendix III) as well
as documentation supporting the
Importer Certification. Besides the
Importer Certification, the importer
must also maintain a copy of the
appropriate Exporter Certification (see
Appendix IV) and relevant supporting
documentation from its exporter of buttweld pipe fittings that were not
completed using Chinese-origin finished
and unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings.
Importers must ensure that their
exporters of butt-weld pipe fittings
completed from finished and unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings of non-Chinese
origin must prepare and maintain an
Exporter Certification and
documentation supporting the Exporter
Certification (see Appendix IV).
Verification
As provided in 19 CFR 351.307,
Commerce intends to verify information
relied upon in making its final
determination.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments
may be submitted to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance no later than seven days
after the date on which the last final
verification report is issued in this anticircumvention inquiry, unless the
Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than
five days after the deadline date for case
9 In light of our preliminary determination that
Arah Dagang, Solidbend, and Sumitomo have not
exported butt-weld pipe fittings which were
completed or marked in Malaysia using finished or
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings from China, we
will not instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of any
unliquidated entries of non-Chinese origin buttweld pipe fittings, subject to their meeting the
certification requirements.
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briefs.10 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this anti-circumvention inquiry are
encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue;
(2) a brief summary of the argument;
and (3) a table of authorities.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, limited to issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of
Commerce, within 30 days after the date
of publication of this notice. Requests
should contain the party’s name,
address, and telephone number, the
number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230, at a time and date to be
determined. Parties should confirm by
telephone the date, time, and location of
the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
International Trade Commission
Notification
Commerce, consistent with section
781(e) of the Act, has notified the
International Trade Commission (ITC) of
this preliminary determination to
include the merchandise subject to this
anti-circumvention inquiry within the
Order. Pursuant to section 781(e) of the
Act, the ITC may request consultations
concerning Commerce’s proposed
inclusion of the inquiry merchandise. If,
after consultations, the ITC believes that
a significant injury issue is presented by
the proposed inclusion, it will have 60
days from the date of notification by
Commerce to provide written advice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and
published in accordance with section
781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(f).
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Dated: July 18, 2018.
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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements).
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II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
V. Period of Inquiry
VI. Statutory Framework
VII. Use of Facts Available With an Adverse
Inference
VIII. Anti-circumvention Determination
IX. Country-Wide Determination
X. Certification for Not Using Chinese-Origin
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
XI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Certification Requirements
If an importer imports carbon steel buttweld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings)
from Malaysia and claims that the butt-weld
pipe fittings were completed in Malaysia
using finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe
fittings manufactured of non-Chinese origin,
the importer is required to complete and
maintain the importer certification, attached
as Appendix III. The importer is further
required to maintain a copy of the exporter
certification, discussed below and attached
as Appendix IV. The importer certification
must be completed, signed, and dated by the
time of filing of the entry summary for the
relevant importation. Where the importer
uses a broker to facilitate the entry process,
it should obtain the entry number from the
broker. Agents of the importer, such as
brokers, however, are not permitted to make
this certification on behalf of the importer.
The exporter is required to complete and
maintain the exporter certification, attached
as Appendix IV, and is further required to
provide the importer a copy of that
certification and all supporting
documentation. The exporter certification
must be completed, signed, and dated by the
time of shipment of the relevant entries. The
exporter certification should be completed by
the party selling the merchandise
manufactured in Malaysia to the United
States, which is not necessarily the producer
of the product.
The importer will not be required to
submit the certifications or supporting
documentation to CBP as part of the entry
process. However, the importer and the
exporter will be required to present the
certifications and supporting documentation,
to Commerce and/or U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP), as applicable, upon
request by the respective agency.
Additionally, the claims made in the
certifications and any supporting
documentation are subject to verification by
Commerce and/or CBP. The importer and
exporter are required to maintain the
certifications and supporting documentation
for the later of (1) a period of five years from
the date of entry or (2) a period of three years
after the conclusion of any litigation in
United States courts regarding such entries.
If it is determined that the certification and/
or documentation requirements in a
certification have not been met, Commerce
intends to instruct CBP to suspend, under the
antidumping duty (AD) order on butt-weld
pipe fittings from the People’s Republic of
China, A–570–814, all unliquidated entries
for which these requirements were not met
and require the importer to post applicable
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AD cash deposits equal to the rates as
determined by Commerce. Entries suspended
under A–570–814 will be liquidated
pursuant to applicable administrative
reviews of the China AD order or through the
automatic liquidation process.
For butt-weld pipe fittings completed in
Malaysia from finished or unfinished buttweld pipe fittings manufactured in China,
Commerce has established the following
third-country case number in the Automated
Commercial Environment (ACE): A–557–994.
For entries suspended pursuant to the
preliminary determination of this anticircumvention inquiry that were shipped
and/or entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption during the
period, August 21, 2017 (the date of initiation
of this anti-circumvention inquiry) through
the date of publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register, for
which certifications are required, the
importer and exporter certifications should
be completed within 45 days of publication
of the preliminary determination in the
Federal Register. Accordingly, the relevant
bullet in the certification should be edited to
reflect that the certification was completed
within this time frame. For example, the
bullet in the importer certification that reads:
‘‘This certification was completed by the
time of filing the entry summary,’’ could be
edited as follows: ‘‘The shipments/products
referenced herein entered before the mm/dd/
yyyy publication of the Preliminary
Determination Federal Register notice.
This certification was completed on mm/dd/
yyyy, within 45 days of the Federal Register
notice publication.’’ Similarly, the bullet in
the exporter certification that reads, ‘‘This
certification was completed by the time of
shipment,’’ could be edited as follows: ‘‘The
shipments/products referenced herein
shipped before the mm/dd/yyyy publication
of the Preliminary Determination Federal
Register notice. This certification was
completed on mm/dd/yyyy, within 45 days
of the Federal Register notice publication.’’
For such entries, importers and exporters
each have the option to complete a blanket
certification covering multiple entries,
individual certifications for each entry, or a
combination thereof. The importer
certifications, and copies of the exporter
certifications, should be maintained by the
importer and provided to CBP or Commerce
only upon request by the respective agency.
The exporter must provide the importer a
copy of the exporter certification within 45
days of the publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register.
For unliquidated entries (and entries for
which liquidation has not become final) of
merchandise entered as type 01 entries that
were shipped and/or entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption during the
period, August 21, 2017 (the date of initiation
of this anti-circumvention inquiry) through
the date of publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register, for
which certifications are required, importers
should file a Post Summary Correction with
CBP, in accordance with CBP’s regulations,
regarding conversion of such entries from
type 01 to type 03 entries and report those
type 03 entries using the third-country case
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number, A–557–994. Similarly, the importer
should pay cash deposits on those entries
consistent with the regulations governing
post summary corrections that require
payment of additional duties.
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Appendix III
Importer Certification
I hereby certify that:
• My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S
NAME} and I am an official of {IMPORTING
COMPANY};
• I have direct personal knowledge of the
facts regarding the importation into the
Customs territory of the United States of the
carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings
completed in Malaysia that entered under
entry number(s) {INSERT ENTRY
NUMBER(S)} and are covered by this
certification. ‘‘Direct personal knowledge’’
refers to facts the certifying party is expected
to have in its own records. For example, the
importer should have ‘‘direct personal
knowledge’’ of the importation of the product
(e.g., the name of the exporter) in its records;
• I have personal knowledge of the facts
regarding the production of the imported
products covered by this certification.
‘‘Personal knowledge’’ includes facts
obtained from another party, (e.g.,
correspondence received by the importer (or
exporter) from the producer regarding the
source of the substrate used to produce the
imported products);
• The carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings
completed in Malaysia do not contain
finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
manufactured in the People’s Republic of
China;
• I understand that {IMPORTING
COMPANY} is required to maintain a copy
of this certification and sufficient
documentation supporting this certification
(i.e., documents maintained in the normal
course of business, or documents obtained by
the certifying party, for example, mill
certificates, productions records, invoices,
etc.) for the later of (1) a period of five years
from the date of entry or (2) a period of three
years after the conclusion of any litigation in
the United States courts regarding such
entries;
• I understand that {IMPORTING
COMPANY}is required to provide this
certification and supporting records, upon
request, to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) and/or the Department of
Commerce (Commerce);
• I understand that {IMPORTING
COMPANY} is required to maintain a copy
of the exporter’s certification, (attesting to the
production and/or export of the imported
merchandise identified above), for the later of
(1) a period of five years from the date of
entry or (2) a period of three years after the
conclusion of any litigation in United States
courts regarding such entries;
• I understand that {IMPORTING
COMPANY}is required to maintain and
provide a copy of the exporter’s certification
and supporting records, upon request, to CBP
and/or Commerce;
• I understand that the claims made
herein, and the substantiating
documentation, are subject to verification by
CBP and/or Commerce;
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• I understand that failure to maintain the
required certification and/or failure to
substantiate the claims made herein will
result in:
Æ suspension of liquidation of all
unliquidated entries (and entries for which
liquidation has not become final) for which
these requirements were not met; and
Æ the requirement that the importer post
applicable antidumping duty (AD) and/or
countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates determined by
Commerce;
• I understand that agents of the importer,
such as brokers, are not permitted to make
this certification;
• This certification was completed by the
time of filing the entry summary; and
• I am aware that U.S. law (including, but
not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes
criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false
statements to the U.S. government.
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Appendix IV
Exporter Certification
I hereby certify that:
• My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL’S
NAME HERE} and I am an official of {NAME
OF EXPORTING COMPANY};
• I have direct personal knowledge of the
facts regarding the production and
exportation of the carbon steel butt-weld pipe
fittings identified below. ‘‘Direct personal
knowledge’’ refers to facts the certifying party
is expected to have in its own books and
records. For example, an exporter should
have ‘‘direct personal knowledge’’ of the
producer’s identity and location;
• These carbon steel butt-weld pipe
fittings completed in Malaysia do not contain
finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings
manufactured in the People’s Republic of
China;
• I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to
maintain a copy of this certification and
sufficient documentation supporting this
certification (i.e., documents maintained in
the normal course of business, or documents
obtained by the certifying party, for example,
mill certificates, productions records,
invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of
five years from the date of entry or (2) a
period of three years after the conclusion of
any litigation in the United States courts
regarding such entries;
• I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} must provide this
Exporter Certification to the U.S. importer by
the time of shipment. The shipments/
products referenced herein shipped before
the mm/dd/yyyy publication of the
Preliminary Determination Federal Register
notice. This certification was completed on
DD/MM/YY, within 45 days of the Federal
Register notice publication;
• I understand that {NAME OF
EXPORTING COMPANY} is required to
provide a copy of this certification and
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supporting records, upon request, to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or
the Department of Commerce (Commerce);
• I understand that the claims made
herein, and the substantiating
documentation, are subject to verification by
CBP and/or Commerce;
• I understand that failure to maintain the
required certification and/or failure to
substantiate the claims made herein will
result in:
Æ suspension of all unliquidated entries
(and entries for which liquidation has not
become final) for which these requirements
were not met; and
Æ the requirement that the importer post
applicable antidumping duty (AD) and/or
countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits (as
appropriate) equal to the rates as determined
by Commerce;
• This certification was completed at or
prior to the time of shipment; and
• I am aware that U.S. law (including, but
not limited to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes
criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false
statements to the U.S. government.
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[FR Doc. 2018–15882 Filed 7–24–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–968]
Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2016
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Liaoning
Zhongwang Group Co. Ltd. (Liaoning)
and Liaoyang Zhongwang Aluminum
Profile Co. Ltd. (Liaoyang), exporters/
producers of aluminum extrusions from
the People’s Republic of China (China),
received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR)
January 1, 2016, through December 31,
2016.
DATES: Applicable July 25, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Davina Friedmann AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0698.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-814]
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings)
exported from Malaysia, which were completed in Malaysia using finished
or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from the People's
Republic of China (China), are circumventing the antidumping duty (AD)
order on butt-weld pipe fittings from China.
DATES: Applicable July 25, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang or Susan Pulongbarit, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4047 or (202)
482-4031, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 1992, Commerce issued the AD order on imports of butt-
weld pipe fittings from China.\1\ Additionally, on March 31, 1994,
Commerce issued an affirmative final anti-circumvention determination
finding that imports into the United States of pipe fittings that were
finished in Thailand from unfinished pipe fittings produced in China
constituted circumvention of the Order within the meaning of section
781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ Commerce
applied this finding of circumvention to all imports of butt-weld pipe
fittings from Thailand, regardless of manufacturer/producer, unless
accompanied by a certification stating that such pipe fittings have not
been produced from unfinished pipe fittings sourced from China.\3\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment to the Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China, 57 FR
29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order).
\2\ See Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the
People's Republic of China; Affirmative Final Determination of
Circumvention of Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 15155 (March 31,
1994).
\3\ Id., at 15158-59.
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On May 22, 2017, Tube Forgings of America, Inc., Mills Iron Works,
Inc., and Hackney Ladish, Inc., (collectively, the domestic parties),
alleged that imports of butt-weld pipe fittings which were completed in
Malaysia using finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings sourced
from China are circumventing the Order.\4\ In their allegation, the
domestic parties requested that Commerce initiate an anti-circumvention
inquiry pursuant to section 781(b) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.225(h),
to determine whether imports of butt-weld pipe fittings sourced from
unfinished or finished butt-weld pipe fittings from the PRC have
undergone minor finishing processes, or were simply marked with
``Malaysia'' as the country of origin, in Malaysia, before export to
the United States constitutes circumvention of the Order. The domestic
parties also requested that Commerce reach an affirmative determination
of circumvention for all imports of butt-
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\4\ See Letter from the domestic parties to the Secretary of
Commerce, ``Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China, A-570-814; Request for Circumvention Ruling
Pursuant to Section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930,'' dated May
22, 2017.
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On August 25, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
notice of initiation of this anti-circumvention inquiry.\5\ For a
complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this
inquiry, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix
I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and the
electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
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\5\ See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on the
Antidumping Duty Order, 82 FR 40556 (August 25, 2017).
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Decision Memorandum for the
Anti-Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping Duty Order on Certain
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of
China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are carbon steel butt-weld pipe
fittings. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
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Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
This anti-circumvention inquiry covers butt-weld pipe fittings
exported from Malaysia to the United States, which were completed in
Malaysia using finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings sourced
from China (inquiry merchandise). This preliminary ruling applies to
all shipments of inquiry merchandise on or after the date of the
initiation of this inquiry.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this anti-circumvention inquiry in
accordance with section 781(b) of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying Commerce's preliminary determination, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Finding
As detailed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we
preliminarily determine that butt-weld pipe fittings exported from
Malaysia, which were completed in Malaysia using finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings from China, or were simply marked with
``Malaysia'' as the country of origin are circumventing the Order. As
such, we preliminarily determine that it is appropriate to include this
merchandise within the Order and to instruct U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) to suspend any entries of butt-weld pipe fittings from
Malaysia, which were completed in Malaysia using finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings from China, or were simply marked with
``Malaysia'' as the country of origin. We also preliminarily determine
that Arah Dagang Sdn. Bhd. (Arah Dagang), Solidbend Fittings & Flanges
Sdn. Bhd. (Solidbend), and Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania Pte.
Ltd. (Sumitomo) have not exported butt-weld pipe fittings which were
completed in Malaysia using finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe
fittings from China.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(l)(2), Commerce will direct CBP
to suspend liquidation and to require a cash deposit of estimated
duties on unliquidated entries of butt-weld pipe fittings completed or
simply marked in Malaysia from Chinese-origin finished or unfinished
butt-weld pipe fittings that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after August 21, 2017, the date of initiation of
the anti-circumvention inquiry.
The suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect
until further notice. Commerce will instruct CBP to require AD cash
deposits equal to the China-wide rate of 182.90 percent, unless the
importer/exporter can certify to CBP that the Chinese-origin finished
or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings completed in Malaysia were
supplied by a Chinese manufacturer with a company-specific separate
rate. In that instance, the cash deposit rate will be the rate of the
Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings manufacturer that has its own rate.\8\
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\8\ See, e.g., Glycine from the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Partial Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of
the Antidumping Duty Order and Initiation of Scope Inquiry, 77 FR
21532, 21535 (April 10, 2012), unchanged in Glycine from the
People's Republic of China: Final Partial Affirmative Determination
of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73426
(December 10, 2012).
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Butt-weld pipe fittings completed in Malaysia from finished and
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings that are not of Chinese-origin are
not subject to this inquiry. Therefore, cash deposits are not required
for such merchandise, subject to the following certification
requirements.\9\ An importer of butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia
claiming that its butt-weld pipe fittings were not completed from
finished and unfinished Chinese butt-weld pipe fittings must meet the
certification and documentation requirements described in Appendix II.
Appendix II requires the importer to prepare and retain certifications
and documents not only on its own behalf, but also get a certification
from the exporter of this merchandise. Specifically, importers of such
butt-weld pipe fittings must prepare and maintain an Importer
Certification (see Appendix III) as well as documentation supporting
the Importer Certification. Besides the Importer Certification, the
importer must also maintain a copy of the appropriate Exporter
Certification (see Appendix IV) and relevant supporting documentation
from its exporter of butt-weld pipe fittings that were not completed
using Chinese-origin finished and unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings.
Importers must ensure that their exporters of butt-weld pipe fittings
completed from finished and unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings of non-
Chinese origin must prepare and maintain an Exporter Certification and
documentation supporting the Exporter Certification (see Appendix IV).
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\9\ In light of our preliminary determination that Arah Dagang,
Solidbend, and Sumitomo have not exported butt-weld pipe fittings
which were completed or marked in Malaysia using finished or
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings from China, we will not instruct
CBP to suspend liquidation of any unliquidated entries of non-
Chinese origin butt-weld pipe fittings, subject to their meeting the
certification requirements.
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Verification
As provided in 19 CFR 351.307, Commerce intends to verify
information relied upon in making its final determination.
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven
days after the date on which the last final verification report is
issued in this anti-circumvention inquiry, unless the Secretary alters
the time limit. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline
date for case
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briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this anti-circumvention
inquiry are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
International Trade Commission Notification
Commerce, consistent with section 781(e) of the Act, has notified
the International Trade Commission (ITC) of this preliminary
determination to include the merchandise subject to this anti-
circumvention inquiry within the Order. Pursuant to section 781(e) of
the Act, the ITC may request consultations concerning Commerce's
proposed inclusion of the inquiry merchandise. If, after consultations,
the ITC believes that a significant injury issue is presented by the
proposed inclusion, it will have 60 days from the date of notification
by Commerce to provide written advice.
Notification to Interested Parties
This determination is issued and published in accordance with
section 781(b) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.225(f).
Dated: July 18, 2018.
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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Scope of the Anti-Circumvention Inquiry
V. Period of Inquiry
VI. Statutory Framework
VII. Use of Facts Available With an Adverse Inference
VIII. Anti-circumvention Determination
IX. Country-Wide Determination
X. Certification for Not Using Chinese-Origin Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings
XI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Certification Requirements
If an importer imports carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings
(butt-weld pipe fittings) from Malaysia and claims that the butt-
weld pipe fittings were completed in Malaysia using finished or
unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings manufactured of non-Chinese
origin, the importer is required to complete and maintain the
importer certification, attached as Appendix III. The importer is
further required to maintain a copy of the exporter certification,
discussed below and attached as Appendix IV. The importer
certification must be completed, signed, and dated by the time of
filing of the entry summary for the relevant importation. Where the
importer uses a broker to facilitate the entry process, it should
obtain the entry number from the broker. Agents of the importer,
such as brokers, however, are not permitted to make this
certification on behalf of the importer.
The exporter is required to complete and maintain the exporter
certification, attached as Appendix IV, and is further required to
provide the importer a copy of that certification and all supporting
documentation. The exporter certification must be completed, signed,
and dated by the time of shipment of the relevant entries. The
exporter certification should be completed by the party selling the
merchandise manufactured in Malaysia to the United States, which is
not necessarily the producer of the product.
The importer will not be required to submit the certifications
or supporting documentation to CBP as part of the entry process.
However, the importer and the exporter will be required to present
the certifications and supporting documentation, to Commerce and/or
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as applicable, upon
request by the respective agency. Additionally, the claims made in
the certifications and any supporting documentation are subject to
verification by Commerce and/or CBP. The importer and exporter are
required to maintain the certifications and supporting documentation
for the later of (1) a period of five years from the date of entry
or (2) a period of three years after the conclusion of any
litigation in United States courts regarding such entries. If it is
determined that the certification and/or documentation requirements
in a certification have not been met, Commerce intends to instruct
CBP to suspend, under the antidumping duty (AD) order on butt-weld
pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China, A-570-814, all
unliquidated entries for which these requirements were not met and
require the importer to post applicable AD cash deposits equal to
the rates as determined by Commerce. Entries suspended under A-570-
814 will be liquidated pursuant to applicable administrative reviews
of the China AD order or through the automatic liquidation process.
For butt-weld pipe fittings completed in Malaysia from finished
or unfinished butt-weld pipe fittings manufactured in China,
Commerce has established the following third-country case number in
the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE): A-557-994.
For entries suspended pursuant to the preliminary determination
of this anti-circumvention inquiry that were shipped and/or entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period,
August 21, 2017 (the date of initiation of this anti-circumvention
inquiry) through the date of publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register, for which certifications are
required, the importer and exporter certifications should be
completed within 45 days of publication of the preliminary
determination in the Federal Register. Accordingly, the relevant
bullet in the certification should be edited to reflect that the
certification was completed within this time frame. For example, the
bullet in the importer certification that reads: ``This
certification was completed by the time of filing the entry
summary,'' could be edited as follows: ``The shipments/products
referenced herein entered before the mm/dd/yyyy publication of the
Preliminary Determination Federal Register notice. This
certification was completed on mm/dd/yyyy, within 45 days of the
Federal Register notice publication.'' Similarly, the bullet in the
exporter certification that reads, ``This certification was
completed by the time of shipment,'' could be edited as follows:
``The shipments/products referenced herein shipped before the mm/dd/
yyyy publication of the Preliminary Determination Federal Register
notice. This certification was completed on mm/dd/yyyy, within 45
days of the Federal Register notice publication.'' For such entries,
importers and exporters each have the option to complete a blanket
certification covering multiple entries, individual certifications
for each entry, or a combination thereof. The importer
certifications, and copies of the exporter certifications, should be
maintained by the importer and provided to CBP or Commerce only upon
request by the respective agency. The exporter must provide the
importer a copy of the exporter certification within 45 days of the
publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal
Register.
For unliquidated entries (and entries for which liquidation has
not become final) of merchandise entered as type 01 entries that
were shipped and/or entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption during the period, August 21, 2017 (the date of
initiation of this anti-circumvention inquiry) through the date of
publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal
Register, for which certifications are required, importers should
file a Post Summary Correction with CBP, in accordance with CBP's
regulations, regarding conversion of such entries from type 01 to
type 03 entries and report those type 03 entries using the third-
country case
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number, A-557-994. Similarly, the importer should pay cash deposits
on those entries consistent with the regulations governing post
summary corrections that require payment of additional duties.
Appendix III
Importer Certification
I hereby certify that:
My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL'S NAME{time} and I am an
official of {IMPORTING COMPANY{time} ;
I have direct personal knowledge of the facts regarding
the importation into the Customs territory of the United States of
the carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings completed in Malaysia that
entered under entry number(s) {INSERT ENTRY NUMBER(S){time} and are
covered by this certification. ``Direct personal knowledge'' refers
to facts the certifying party is expected to have in its own
records. For example, the importer should have ``direct personal
knowledge'' of the importation of the product (e.g., the name of the
exporter) in its records;
I have personal knowledge of the facts regarding the
production of the imported products covered by this certification.
``Personal knowledge'' includes facts obtained from another party,
(e.g., correspondence received by the importer (or exporter) from
the producer regarding the source of the substrate used to produce
the imported products);
The carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings completed in
Malaysia do not contain finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe
fittings manufactured in the People's Republic of China;
I understand that {IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is required
to maintain a copy of this certification and sufficient
documentation supporting this certification (i.e., documents
maintained in the normal course of business, or documents obtained
by the certifying party, for example, mill certificates, productions
records, invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of five years
from the date of entry or (2) a period of three years after the
conclusion of any litigation in the United States courts regarding
such entries;
I understand that {IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is required
to provide this certification and supporting records, upon request,
to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and/or the Department of
Commerce (Commerce);
I understand that {IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is required
to maintain a copy of the exporter's certification, (attesting to
the production and/or export of the imported merchandise identified
above), for the later of (1) a period of five years from the date of
entry or (2) a period of three years after the conclusion of any
litigation in United States courts regarding such entries;
I understand that {IMPORTING COMPANY{time} is required
to maintain and provide a copy of the exporter's certification and
supporting records, upon request, to CBP and/or Commerce;
I understand that the claims made herein, and the
substantiating documentation, are subject to verification by CBP
and/or Commerce;
I understand that failure to maintain the required
certification and/or failure to substantiate the claims made herein
will result in:
[cir] suspension of liquidation of all unliquidated entries (and
entries for which liquidation has not become final) for which these
requirements were not met; and
[cir] the requirement that the importer post applicable
antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits
(as appropriate) equal to the rates determined by Commerce;
I understand that agents of the importer, such as
brokers, are not permitted to make this certification;
This certification was completed by the time of filing
the entry summary; and
I am aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited
to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false statements to the U.S.
government.
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Appendix IV
Exporter Certification
I hereby certify that:
My name is {COMPANY OFFICIAL'S NAME HERE{time} and I
am an official of {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} ;
I have direct personal knowledge of the facts regarding
the production and exportation of the carbon steel butt-weld pipe
fittings identified below. ``Direct personal knowledge'' refers to
facts the certifying party is expected to have in its own books and
records. For example, an exporter should have ``direct personal
knowledge'' of the producer's identity and location;
These carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings completed in
Malaysia do not contain finished or unfinished butt-weld pipe
fittings manufactured in the People's Republic of China;
I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to maintain a copy of this certification and sufficient
documentation supporting this certification (i.e., documents
maintained in the normal course of business, or documents obtained
by the certifying party, for example, mill certificates, productions
records, invoices, etc.) for the later of (1) a period of five years
from the date of entry or (2) a period of three years after the
conclusion of any litigation in the United States courts regarding
such entries;
I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time}
must provide this Exporter Certification to the U.S. importer by the
time of shipment. The shipments/products referenced herein shipped
before the mm/dd/yyyy publication of the Preliminary Determination
Federal Register notice. This certification was completed on DD/MM/
YY, within 45 days of the Federal Register notice publication;
I understand that {NAME OF EXPORTING COMPANY{time} is
required to provide a copy of this certification and supporting
records, upon request, to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
and/or the Department of Commerce (Commerce);
I understand that the claims made herein, and the
substantiating documentation, are subject to verification by CBP
and/or Commerce;
I understand that failure to maintain the required
certification and/or failure to substantiate the claims made herein
will result in:
[cir] suspension of all unliquidated entries (and entries for
which liquidation has not become final) for which these requirements
were not met; and
[cir] the requirement that the importer post applicable
antidumping duty (AD) and/or countervailing duty (CVD) cash deposits
(as appropriate) equal to the rates as determined by Commerce;
This certification was completed at or prior to the
time of shipment; and
I am aware that U.S. law (including, but not limited
to, 18 U.S.C. 1001) imposes criminal sanctions on individuals who
knowingly and willfully make material false statements to the U.S.
government.
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