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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–557–809]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
From Malaysia: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Partial Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Superinox made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value
during the period of review (POR)
February 1, 2017, through January 31,
2018. Additionally, we are rescinding
the review with respect to Pantech
Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. Bhd.
(Pantech). Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable October 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madeline R. Heeren or Tyler Weinhold,
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–9179 or
(202) 482–1121, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On February 23, 2001, Commerce
published in the Federal Register an
antidumping (AD) order on pipe fittings
from Malaysia.1 On February 1, 2018,
Commerce notified interested parties of
the opportunity to request an
administrative review of orders,
findings, or suspended investigations
with anniversaries in February,
1 See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy, Malaysia, and
the Philippines, 66 FR 11257 (February 23, 2001)
(Order).
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including the AD Order on pipe fittings
from Malaysia.2 Commerce received
timely requests from Core Pipe
Products, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping
Products, LLC, and Taylor Forge
Stainless Inc. (the petitioners) to
conduct an administrative review of
certain exporters covering the POR. On
April 16, 2018, Commerce published in
the Federal Register a notice initiating
an administrative review of the Order
covering Pantech and Superinox for the
POR.3
Subsequently, we issued the AD
questionnaire to Pantech and
Superinox, the two mandatory
respondents.4 On May 29, 2018, the
petitioners timely withdrew their
request for administrative review of
Pantech, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).5 Superinox did not
respond to the questionnaire and has
filed no submissions on the record for
this administrative review. For a
complete description of the events that
followed the initiation of this
administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.6 A
list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included in the Appendix 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,
located in Room B8094 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
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 83 FR 22
(February 1, 2018).
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
16298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
4 See Commerce’s Letters to Pantech and
Superinox dated May 8, 2018; see also,
Memorandum, ‘‘Delivery of Antidumping Duty
Questionnaire to Superinox Max Fittings Industry
Sdn. Bhd.,’’ dated August 16, 2018.
5 See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Stainless Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings form Malaysia—Petitioners’
Withdrawal of Review Request of Pantech,’’ dated
May 29, 2018. The three companies that the
petitioner did not include in its withdrawal were
Overseas International Steel Industry LLC, Overseas
Distribution Services Inc., and Oman Fasteners.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
Preliminary Results of the 2017–2018 Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Stainless Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Preliminary Decision Memorandum are
identical in content.
Exporter/producer
Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
The petitioners timely withdrew their
request for review of one company
listed in the Initiation Notice, and
because the petitioners were the only
party to request a review of that
company, we are rescinding the
administrative review with respect to
Pantech, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, the
remaining company subject to the
instant review is Superinox.
Scope of the Order
For purposes of the Order, the
product covered is butt-weld fittings.
Butt-weld fittings are under 14 inches in
outside diameter (based on nominal
pipe size), whether finished or
unfinished. The product encompasses
all grades of stainless steel and
‘‘commodity’’ and ‘‘specialty’’ fittings.
Specifically excluded from the
definition are threaded, grooved, and
bolted fittings, and fittings made from
any material other than stainless steel.
For a complete description of the scope
of the Order, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Facts Available
Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act,
Commerce is preliminarily relying upon
facts otherwise available to assign an
estimated weighted-average dumping
margin to Superinox in this review
because Superinox withheld necessary
information that was requested by
Commerce, thereby significantly
impeding the conduct of the review.
Further, Commerce preliminarily
determines that Superinox failed to
cooperate by not acting to the best of its
ability to comply with requests for
information and, thus, Commerce is
applying adverse facts available (AFA)
to Superinox, in accordance with
section 776(b) of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions regarding
the application of AFA, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine the following
weighted-average dumping margin for
the period February 1, 2017, through
January 31, 2018:
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60.10
Normally, Commerce discloses to
interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a
preliminary determination within five
days of any public announcement or, if
there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of
publication of the notice of preliminary
determination in the Federal Register,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because Commerce
preliminarily applied AFA to the only
individually examined company in this
administrative review—Superinox—in
accordance with section 776 of the Act,
there are no calculations to disclose.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results of
this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues
raised in the case briefs, may be filed no
later than five days after the time limit
for filing case briefs.7 Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in
this proceeding are requested to submit
with each brief: (1) A statement of the
issue, (2) a brief summary of the
argument, and (3) a table of authorities.8
Executive summaries should be limited
to five pages total, including footnotes.9
Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed
using ACCESS.10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any
interested party may request a hearing
within 30 days of the publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. If a
hearing is requested, Commerce will
notify interested parties of the hearing
schedule. Interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one
is requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of this
notice. Requests should contain: (1) The
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of the issues to be
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the
respective case and rebuttal briefs. We
7 See
8 See
19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
10 See
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intend to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of our analysis of issues raised
by the parties in the written comments,
within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal
Register, unless otherwise extended.11
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the
administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of the final
results of this review.
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by each
respondent for which it did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate such entries at the all-others
rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.12 Where either the
respondent’s weighted-average dumping
margin is zero or de minimis, or an
importer-specific assessment rate is zero
or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
For the company for which this
review is rescinded, antidumping duties
will be assessed at rates equal to the
cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice. The final
results of this review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping
duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this
review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.
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Cash Deposit Requirement
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of the final
results of administrative review for all
shipments of pipe fittings from Malaysia
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be the rate
established in the final results of this
11 See
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
12 See
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review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, no cash deposit will be
required); (2) for merchandise exported
by manufacturers or exporters not
covered in this review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the manufacturer
or exporter participated; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or the less-thanfair-value investigation, but the
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of the
proceeding for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other manufacturers or
exporters will continue to be 7.51
percent ad valorem, the all-others rate
established in the less-than-fair value
investigation.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results and partial
rescission of administrative review are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: October 18, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the duties of Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative
Review
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and
Adverse Interferences
VI. Recommendation
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International Trade Administration
[A–570–088]
Steel Racks and Parts Thereof From
the People’s Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable October 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hill at (202) 482–3518 or
Patrick O’Connor at (202) 482–0989,
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On July 10, 2018, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) initiated a lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of
imports of steel racks and parts thereof
(steel racks) from the People’s Republic
of China.1 Currently, the preliminary
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November 27, 2018.
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in an LTFV investigation
within 140 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 190 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if:
(A) The petitioner makes a timely
request for a postponement; or (B)
Commerce concludes that the parties
concerned are cooperating, and
determines that the investigation is
extraordinarily complicated and that
additional time is necessary to make a
preliminary determination. Under 19
CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must
submit a request for postponement 25
days or more before the scheduled date
of the preliminary determination and
must state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
1 See Steel Racks from the People’s Republic of
China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation, 83 FR 33195 (July 17, 2018)
(Initiation Notice).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-557-809]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Malaysia:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Superinox made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal
value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2017, through
January 31, 2018. Additionally, we are rescinding the review with
respect to Pantech Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Pantech).
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 24, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline R. Heeren or Tyler Weinhold,
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9179 or (202)
482-1121, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 23, 2001, Commerce published in the Federal Register an
antidumping (AD) order on pipe fittings from Malaysia.\1\ On February
1, 2018, Commerce notified interested parties of the opportunity to
request an administrative review of orders, findings, or suspended
investigations with anniversaries in February,
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including the AD Order on pipe fittings from Malaysia.\2\ Commerce
received timely requests from Core Pipe Products, Inc., Shaw Alloy
Piping Products, LLC, and Taylor Forge Stainless Inc. (the petitioners)
to conduct an administrative review of certain exporters covering the
POR. On April 16, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice initiating an administrative review of the Order covering
Pantech and Superinox for the POR.\3\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines, 66 FR 11257
(February 23, 2001) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 83 FR 22 (February 1, 2018).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 16298 (April 16, 2018) (Initiation
Notice).
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Subsequently, we issued the AD questionnaire to Pantech and
Superinox, the two mandatory respondents.\4\ On May 29, 2018, the
petitioners timely withdrew their request for administrative review of
Pantech, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\5\ Superinox did not respond
to the questionnaire and has filed no submissions on the record for
this administrative review. For a complete description of the events
that followed the initiation of this administrative review, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\ A list of topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in the Appendix to this
notice.
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\4\ See Commerce's Letters to Pantech and Superinox dated May 8,
2018; see also, Memorandum, ``Delivery of Antidumping Duty
Questionnaire to Superinox Max Fittings Industry Sdn. Bhd.,'' dated
August 16, 2018.
\5\ See Letter from the petitioner, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings form Malaysia--Petitioners' Withdrawal of Review
Request of Pantech,'' dated May 29, 2018. The three companies that
the petitioner did not include in its withdrawal were Overseas
International Steel Industry LLC, Overseas Distribution Services
Inc., and Oman Fasteners.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the 2017-2018 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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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, located in Room B8094 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.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
The petitioners timely withdrew their request for review of one
company listed in the Initiation Notice, and because the petitioners
were the only party to request a review of that company, we are
rescinding the administrative review with respect to Pantech, pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Accordingly, the remaining company subject to
the instant review is Superinox.
Scope of the Order
For purposes of the Order, the product covered is butt-weld
fittings. Butt-weld fittings are under 14 inches in outside diameter
(based on nominal pipe size), whether finished or unfinished. The
product encompasses all grades of stainless steel and ``commodity'' and
``specialty'' fittings. Specifically excluded from the definition are
threaded, grooved, and bolted fittings, and fittings made from any
material other than stainless steel. For a complete description of the
scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Facts Available
Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, Commerce is preliminarily
relying upon facts otherwise available to assign an estimated weighted-
average dumping margin to Superinox in this review because Superinox
withheld necessary information that was requested by Commerce, thereby
significantly impeding the conduct of the review. Further, Commerce
preliminarily determines that Superinox failed to cooperate by not
acting to the best of its ability to comply with requests for
information and, thus, Commerce is applying adverse facts available
(AFA) to Superinox, in accordance with section 776(b) of the Act. For a
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions
regarding the application of AFA, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin for the period February 1,
2017, through January 31, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margins
(percent)
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Superinox Max Fittings Industries Sdn. Bhd.................. 60.10
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with a preliminary determination within five
days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of
preliminary determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b). However, because Commerce preliminarily applied AFA
to the only individually examined company in this administrative
review--Superinox--in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are
no calculations to disclose.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results of this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii),
interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after
the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the time limit for filing case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit
with each brief: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of
the argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\8\ Executive summaries
should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.\9\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\10\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\9\ Id.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested
parties of the hearing schedule. Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a written
request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants;
and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. We
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intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties
in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise
extended.\11\
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\11\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each
respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\12\ Where either the
respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or
an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.
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\12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the company for which this review is rescinded, antidumping
duties will be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly
to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice. The final results of
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirement
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of the final results of administrative review
for all shipments of pipe fittings from Malaysia entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of
the final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this
review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will
be required); (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or
exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of
the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate published for the most recently completed segment of this
proceeding in which the manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or
the less-than-fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers
or exporters will continue to be 7.51 percent ad valorem, the all-
others rate established in the less-than-fair value investigation.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results and partial rescission of administrative
review are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)
and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: October 18, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Interferences
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2018-23222 Filed 10-23-18; 8:45 am]
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