Forged Steel Fittings From India and the Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders, 80014-80016 [2020-27304]
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–533–891; A–580–904]
Forged Steel Fittings From India and
the Republic of Korea: Antidumping
Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty
orders on forged steel fittings from India
and the Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caitlin Monks, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
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(EnergieStG).
17 Electricity Tax Act or Stromsteuergesetz
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NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–2670.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d)
and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.210(c), on October 19, 2020,
Commerce published its final
affirmative determinations in the lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of
forged steel fittings from India and
Korea.1 On November 25, 2020, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determinations that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by
reason of LTFV imports of forged steel
fittings from India and Korea.2
Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders
are forged steel fittings from India and
Korea. For a complete description of the
scope of the orders, see the Appendix to
this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
On November 25, 2020, in accordance
with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce
of its final determinations in this
investigation, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of forged steel fittings from India and
Korea.3 Therefore, in accordance with
section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce
is issuing these antidumping duty
orders. Because the ITC determined that
imports of forged steel fittings from
India and Korea are materially injuring
a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of
such merchandise from India and Korea,
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
As a result of the ITC’s final
affirmative determinations, in
accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the
Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess,
upon further instruction by Commerce,
antidumping duties equal to the amount
by which the normal value of the
merchandise exceeds the export price or
1 See
Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 85 FR 66306 (October 19, 2020); see also
Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of Korea:
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 85 FR 66302 (October 19, 2020).
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,’’ dated November 25, 2020.
3 See ITC Notification; see also Forged Steel
Fittings from India and Korea (Inv. Nos. 701–TA–
631 and 731–TA–1463–1464 (Final), USITC
Publication 5137, November 2020).
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constructed export price of the
merchandise, for all relevant entries of
forged steel fittings from India.
Antidumping duties will be assessed on
unliquidated entries of forged steel
fittings from India and Korea entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after May 28, 2020,
the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determinations,4 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination, as
further described below.
Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
continue to suspend liquidation of all
relevant entries of forged steel fittings
from India and Korea, as described in
the Appendix of this notice, which are
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the ITC’s notice of final
determination in the Federal Register.
These instructions suspending
liquidation will remain in effect until
further notice. Because the rate for
Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd
(Shakti) 5 is zero, we will not instruct
CBP to suspend liquidation of entries of
subject merchandise produced and
exported by Shakti or to require cash
deposits on such entries. Entries of
subject merchandise exported to the
United States by any other producer/
exporter combination, e.g., merchandise
produced by a third party and exported
by Shakti, or produced by Shakti and
exported by a third party, are not
entitled to this exclusion from
suspension of liquidation and are
subject to the applicable cash deposit
rates noted below.
Commerce will also instruct CBP to
require cash deposits equal to the
estimated weighted-average dumping
margins included in the tables below.
Accordingly, effective on the date of
publication in the Federal Register of
the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative
injury determinations, CBP will require,
at the same time as importers would
4 See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-ThanFair-Value, Postponement of Final Determination,
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR
32007 (May 28, 2020); see also Forged Steel Fittings
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 32010
(May 28, 2020); (Preliminary Determinations).
5 Commerce has determined Shakti Forge
Industries Pvt. Ltd and its affiliate Shakti Forge to
constitute a single entity. See Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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normally deposit estimated duties on
subject merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins listed in the tables
below. The all-others rate for each
country applies to all producers or
exporters not specifically listed.
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Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping
Margins
The estimated weighted-average
dumping margins for each antidumping
duty order are as follows:
INDIA
Estimated
weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Exporter/producer
Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd 7 ....................................................................................................................
Nikoo Forge Pvt. Ltd. .......................................................................................................................................
Pan International ..............................................................................................................................................
Disha Auto Components Pvt. Ltd .....................................................................................................................
Dynamic Flow Products ...................................................................................................................................
Kirtanlal Steel Pvt Ltd .......................................................................................................................................
Metal Forgings Pvt Ltd .....................................................................................................................................
Patton International Limited .............................................................................................................................
Sage Metals Limited .........................................................................................................................................
Technotrak Engineers ......................................................................................................................................
All Others .........................................................................................................................................................
* 0.00
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
** 293.40
195.60
Cash deposit rate
(adjusted for subsidy offset(s))
(percent) 6
Not Applicable.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
290.88.
193.08.
* (de minimis).
** (adverse facts available (AFA)).
on May 28, 2020. Therefore, the
extended provisional measures period,
Estimated beginning on the date of publication of
weighted- the Preliminary Determinations, ended
average
Exporter/producer
on November 23, 2020. Pursuant to
dumping
margin
section 737(b) of the Act, the collection
(percent)
of cash deposits at the rates listed above
will begin on the date of publication of
Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd ..........
17.08
Sandong Metal Industry Co., Ltd
** 198.38 the ITC’s final injury determination.
ZEOtech Co., Ltd ........................
** 198.38
Therefore, in accordance with section
Pusan Coupling Corporation ......
** 198.38 733(d) of the Act and our practice, we
Shinchang Industries ..................
** 198.38
will instruct CBP to terminate the
Shinwoo Tech .............................
** 198.38
Titus Industrial Korea Co, Ltd ....
** 198.38 suspension of liquidation and to
All Others ....................................
17.08 liquidate, without regard to
antidumping duties, unliquidated
** AFA.
entries of forged steel fittings from India
and Korea entered, or withdrawn from
Provisional Measures
warehouse, for consumption on or after
Section 733(d) of the Act states that
November 24, 2020, the first day
suspension of liquidation pursuant to an
provisional measures were no longer in
affirmative preliminary determination
effect, until and through the day
may not remain in effect for more than
four months, except that Commerce may preceding the date of publication of the
ITC’s final injury determinations in the
extend the four-month period to no
Federal Register.
more than six months at the request of
exporters representing a significant
Notifications to Interested Parties
portion of exports of the subject
This notice constitutes the
merchandise. At the request of exporters
that account for a significant proportion antidumping duty orders with respect to
of forged steel fittings from India and
forged steel fittings from India and
Korea, Commerce extended the fourKorea, pursuant to section 736(a) of the
month period to six months in the
Act. Interested parties can find a list of
Preliminary Determinations, published
antidumping duty orders currently in
effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Countervailing Duty
stats/iastats1.html.
Determination Calculations for Shakti Forge
These orders are issued and published
Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Shakti Forge,’’ dated
October 13, 2020.
in accordance with section 736(a) of the
7 Commerce has determined Shakti Forge
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
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KOREA
Industries Pvt. Ltd and its affiliate Shakti Forge to
constitute a single entity. See Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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Dated: December 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders
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, unions (including hammer
unions), and outlets. Forged steel fittings are
covered regardless of end finish, whether
threaded, socket-weld or other end
connections. The scope includes integrally
reinforced forged branch outlet fittings,
regardless of whether they have one or more
ends that is a socket welding, threaded, butt
welding end, or other end connections.
While these fittings are generally
manufactured to specifications ASME
B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS–SP–
97, 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 it does not
reference an exclusive manufacturing
process. Forged steel fittings are not
manufactured from casings. Pursuant to the
applicable standards, fittings may also be
machined from bar stock or machined from
seamless pipe and tube.
All types of forged steel 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 class rating (expressed in pounds of
pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M;
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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, nipples, and all fittings
that have a maximum pressure rating of 300
pounds per square inch/PSI or less.
Also excluded from the scope are fittings
certified or made to the following standards,
so long as the fittings are not also
manufactured to the specifications of ASME
B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS SP–
97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM
A182:
• American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT,
API 5L, or API 11B;
• American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) B16.9;
• Manufacturers Standardization Society
(MSS) SP–75;
• Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE)
J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE
J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE
J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411;
• Hydraulic hose fittings (e.g., fittings used
in high pressure water cleaning applications,
in the manufacture of hydraulic engines, to
connect rubber dispensing hoses to a
dispensing nozzle or grease fitting) made to
ISO 12151–1, 12151–2, 12151–3, 12151–4,
12151–5, or 12151–6;
• Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) certified
electrical conduit fittings;
• ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865;
• Casing conductor connectors made to
proprietary specifications;
• Machined steel parts (e.g., couplers) that
are not certified to any specifications in this
scope description and that are not for
connecting steel pipes for distributing gas
and liquids;
• Oil country tubular goods (OCTG)
connectors (e.g., forged steel tubular
connectors for API 5L pipes or OCTG for
offshore oil and gas drilling and extraction);
• Military Specification (MIL) MIL–C–
4109F and MIL–F–3541; and
• International Organization for
Standardization (ISO) ISO6150–B.
Also excluded from the scope are
assembled or unassembled hammer unions
that consist of a nut and two subs. To qualify
for this exclusion, the hammer union must
meet each of the following criteria: (1) The
face of the nut of the hammer union is
permanently marked with one of the
following markings: ‘‘FIG 100,’’ ‘‘FIG 110,’’
‘‘FIG 100C,’’ ‘‘FIG 200,’’ ‘‘FIG 200C,’’ ‘‘FIG
201,’’ ‘‘FIG 202,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ ‘‘FIG 207,’’ ‘‘FIG
211,’’ ‘‘FIG 300,’’ ‘‘FIG 301,’’ ‘‘FIG 400,’’ ‘‘FIG
600,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 607,’’ ‘‘FIG 1002,’’
‘‘FIG 1003,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ ‘‘FIG 1505,’’ ‘‘FIG
2002,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2202’’; (2) the hammer union
does not bear any of the following markings:
‘‘Class 3000,’’ ‘‘Class 3M,’’ ‘‘Class 6000,’’
‘‘Class 6M,’’ ‘‘Class 9000,’’ or ‘‘Class 9M’’;
and (3) the nut and both subs of the hammer
union are painted.
Also excluded from the scope are subs or
wingnuts made to ASTM A788, marked with
‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’ or ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ and
with a pressure rating of 10,000 PSI or
greater. These parts are made from AISI/SAE
4130, 4140, or 4340 steel and are 100 percent
magnetic particle inspected before shipment.
Also excluded from the scope are tee,
elbow, cross, adapter (or ‘‘crossover’’), blast
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joint (or ‘‘spacer’’), blind sub, swivel joint
and pup joint which have wing nut or not.
To qualify for this exclusion, these products
must meet each of the following criteria: (1)
Manufacturing and Inspection standard is
API 6A or API 16C; and, (2) body or wing nut
is permanently marked with one of the
following markings: ‘‘FIG 2002,’’ ‘‘FIG 1502,’’
‘‘FIG 1002,’’ ‘‘FIG 602,’’ ‘‘FIG 206,’’ or ‘‘FIG
any other number’’ or MTR (Material Test
Report) shows these FIG numbers.
To be excluded from the scope, products
must have the appropriate standard or
pressure markings and/or be accompanied by
documentation showing product compliance
to the applicable standard or pressure, e.g.,
‘‘API 5CT’’ mark and/or a mill certification
report.
Subject carbon and alloy forged steel
fittings are normally entered under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTSUS) 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030,
7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000,
7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They may
also be entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010,
7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000, 7307.93.9010,
7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, 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
[C–533–892]
Forged Steel Fittings from India:
Countervailing Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing a countervailing
duty order on forged steel fittings from
India.
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Caserta, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4737.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
In accordance with section 705(d) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), on October 20, 2020, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination that countervailable
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subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of forged steel
fittings from India.1 On November 25,
2020, the ITC notified Commerce of its
affirmative determination that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured within the meaning
of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by
reason of subsidized imports of subject
merchandise from India.2
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers forged
steel fittings from India. For a complete
description of the scope, see the
Appendix to this notice.
Countervailing Duty Order
On November 25, 2020, in accordance
with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d)
of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce
of its final determination in this
investigation, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports
of forged steel fittings from India.
Therefore, in accordance with section
705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing this countervailing duty order.
Because the ITC determined that
imports of forged steel fittings from
India are materially injuring a U.S.
industry, unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from India, entered or
withdrawn from warehouse for
consumption, are subject to the
assessment of countervailing duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, countervailing duties for
all relevant entries of forged steel
fittings from India. Countervailing
duties will be assessed on unliquidated
entries of forged steel fittings from India
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after March 30,
2020, the date of publication of the
Preliminary Determination,3 but will
not include entries occurring after the
expiration of the provisional measures
period and before publication of the
ITC’s final injury determination, as
further described below.
Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the
Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to
1 See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 85
FR 66535 (October 20, 2020).
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,’’ dated November 25, 2020.
3 See Forged Steel Fittings from India:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty
Determination, 85 FR 17536 (March 30, 2020)
(Preliminary Determination).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-891; A-580-904]
Forged Steel Fittings From India and the Republic of Korea:
Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing antidumping duty orders on forged steel fittings
from India and the Republic of Korea (Korea).
DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2670.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(c), on October 19,
2020, Commerce published its final affirmative determinations in the
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of forged steel fittings
from India and Korea.\1\ On November 25, 2020, the ITC notified
Commerce of its final affirmative determinations that an industry in
the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section
735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act, by reason of LTFV imports of forged steel
fittings from India and Korea.\2\
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\1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Final Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 66306 (October
19, 2020); see also Forged Steel Fittings from the Republic of
Korea: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value, 85 FR 66302 (October 19, 2020).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated November 25, 2020.
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Scope of the Orders
The products covered by these orders are forged steel fittings from
India and Korea. For a complete description of the scope of the orders,
see the Appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Orders
On November 25, 2020, in accordance with sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i)
and 735(d) of the Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
determinations in this investigation, in which it found that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
imports of forged steel fittings from India and Korea.\3\ Therefore, in
accordance with section 735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing these
antidumping duty orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of
forged steel fittings from India and Korea are materially injuring a
U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from India and
Korea, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are subject
to the assessment of antidumping duties.
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\3\ See ITC Notification; see also Forged Steel Fittings from
India and Korea (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-631 and 731-TA-1463-1464 (Final),
USITC Publication 5137, November 2020).
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As a result of the ITC's final affirmative determinations, in
accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction
by Commerce, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal
value of the merchandise exceeds the export price or constructed export
price of the merchandise, for all relevant entries of forged steel
fittings from India. Antidumping duties will be assessed on
unliquidated entries of forged steel fittings from India and Korea
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May
28, 2020, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determinations,\4\
but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final
injury determination, as further described below.
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\4\ See Forged Steel Fittings from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 85 FR 32007 (May 28, 2020); see also Forged Steel Fittings
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value, Postponement of Final Determination,
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 32010 (May 28, 2020);
(Preliminary Determinations).
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to continue to suspend liquidation of all relevant entries of
forged steel fittings from India and Korea, as described in the
Appendix of this notice, which are entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the
ITC's notice of final determination in the Federal Register. These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice. Because the rate for Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd (Shakti)
\5\ is zero, we will not instruct CBP to suspend liquidation of entries
of subject merchandise produced and exported by Shakti or to require
cash deposits on such entries. Entries of subject merchandise exported
to the United States by any other producer/exporter combination, e.g.,
merchandise produced by a third party and exported by Shakti, or
produced by Shakti and exported by a third party, are not entitled to
this exclusion from suspension of liquidation and are subject to the
applicable cash deposit rates noted below.
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\5\ Commerce has determined Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd and
its affiliate Shakti Forge to constitute a single entity. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Commerce will also instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins included in the tables
below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in the Federal
Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative injury
determinations, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would
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normally deposit estimated duties on subject merchandise, a cash
deposit equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins listed
in the tables below. The all-others rate for each country applies to
all producers or exporters not specifically listed.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
The estimated weighted-average dumping margins for each antidumping
duty order are as follows:
India
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Estimated
weighted- Cash deposit rate
Exporter/producer average (adjusted for subsidy
dumping margin offset(s)) (percent) \6\
(percent)
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Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. * 0.00 Not Applicable.
Ltd \7\.
Nikoo Forge Pvt. Ltd.......... ** 293.40 290.88.
Pan International............. ** 293.40 290.88.
Disha Auto Components Pvt. Ltd ** 293.40 290.88.
Dynamic Flow Products......... ** 293.40 290.88.
Kirtanlal Steel Pvt Ltd....... ** 293.40 290.88.
Metal Forgings Pvt Ltd........ ** 293.40 290.88.
Patton International Limited.. ** 293.40 290.88.
Sage Metals Limited........... ** 293.40 290.88.
Technotrak Engineers.......... ** 293.40 290.88.
All Others.................... 195.60 193.08.
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* (de minimis).
** (adverse facts available (AFA)).
Korea
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Samyoung Fitting Co., Ltd................................... 17.08
Sandong Metal Industry Co., Ltd............................. ** 198.38
ZEOtech Co., Ltd............................................ ** 198.38
Pusan Coupling Corporation.................................. ** 198.38
Shinchang Industries........................................ ** 198.38
Shinwoo Tech................................................ ** 198.38
Titus Industrial Korea Co, Ltd.............................. ** 198.38
All Others.................................................. 17.08
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** AFA.
Provisional Measures
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Final Countervailing Duty Determination
Calculations for Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd. and Shakti
Forge,'' dated October 13, 2020.
\7\ Commerce has determined Shakti Forge Industries Pvt. Ltd and
its affiliate Shakti Forge to constitute a single entity. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except that Commerce may extend the
four-month period to no more than six months at the request of
exporters representing a significant portion of exports of the subject
merchandise. At the request of exporters that account for a significant
proportion of forged steel fittings from India and Korea, Commerce
extended the four-month period to six months in the Preliminary
Determinations, published on May 28, 2020. Therefore, the extended
provisional measures period, beginning on the date of publication of
the Preliminary Determinations, ended on November 23, 2020. Pursuant to
section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash deposits at the rates
listed above will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determination.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our
practice, we will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties,
unliquidated entries of forged steel fittings from India and Korea
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after
November 24, 2020, the first day provisional measures were no longer in
effect, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of
the ITC's final injury determinations in the Federal Register.
Notifications to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to
forged steel fittings from India and Korea, pursuant to section 736(a)
of the Act. Interested parties can find a list of antidumping duty
orders currently in effect at https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html.
These orders are issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: December 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Orders
The merchandise covered by these orders 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, unions
(including hammer unions), and outlets. Forged steel fittings are
covered regardless of end finish, whether threaded, socket-weld or
other end connections. The scope includes integrally reinforced
forged branch outlet fittings, regardless of whether they have one
or more ends that is a socket welding, threaded, butt welding end,
or other end connections.
While these fittings are generally manufactured to
specifications ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS-SP-97, 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 it does not reference
an exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not
manufactured from casings. Pursuant to the applicable standards,
fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from
seamless pipe and tube.
All types of forged steel 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 class rating (expressed in
pounds of pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M;
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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, nipples, and all
fittings that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 pounds per
square inch/PSI or less.
Also excluded from the scope are fittings certified or made to
the following standards, so long as the fittings are not also
manufactured to the specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS
SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM A182:
American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, API 5L, or API
11B;
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.9;
Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) SP-75;
Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) J476, SAE J514,
SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE
J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411;
Hydraulic hose fittings (e.g., fittings used in high
pressure water cleaning applications, in the manufacture of
hydraulic engines, to connect rubber dispensing hoses to a
dispensing nozzle or grease fitting) made to ISO 12151-1, 12151-2,
12151-3, 12151-4, 12151-5, or 12151-6;
Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) certified electrical
conduit fittings;
ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865;
Casing conductor connectors made to proprietary
specifications;
Machined steel parts (e.g., couplers) that are not
certified to any specifications in this scope description and that
are not for connecting steel pipes for distributing gas and liquids;
Oil country tubular goods (OCTG) connectors (e.g.,
forged steel tubular connectors for API 5L pipes or OCTG for
offshore oil and gas drilling and extraction);
Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-
3541; and
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
ISO6150-B.
Also excluded from the scope are assembled or unassembled hammer
unions that consist of a nut and two subs. To qualify for this
exclusion, the hammer union must meet each of the following
criteria: (1) The face of the nut of the hammer union is permanently
marked with one of the following markings: ``FIG 100,'' ``FIG 110,''
``FIG 100C,'' ``FIG 200,'' ``FIG 200C,'' ``FIG 201,'' ``FIG 202,''
``FIG 206,'' ``FIG 207,'' ``FIG 211,'' ``FIG 300,'' ``FIG 301,''
``FIG 400,'' ``FIG 600,'' ``FIG 602,'' ``FIG 607,'' ``FIG 1002,''
``FIG 1003,'' ``FIG 1502,'' ``FIG 1505,'' ``FIG 2002,'' or ``FIG
2202''; (2) the hammer union does not bear any of the following
markings: ``Class 3000,'' ``Class 3M,'' ``Class 6000,'' ``Class
6M,'' ``Class 9000,'' or ``Class 9M''; and (3) the nut and both subs
of the hammer union are painted.
Also excluded from the scope are subs or wingnuts made to ASTM
A788, marked with ``FIG 1002,'' ``FIG 1502,'' or ``FIG 2002,'' and
with a pressure rating of 10,000 PSI or greater. These parts are
made from AISI/SAE 4130, 4140, or 4340 steel and are 100 percent
magnetic particle inspected before shipment.
Also excluded from the scope are tee, elbow, cross, adapter (or
``crossover''), blast joint (or ``spacer''), blind sub, swivel joint
and pup joint which have wing nut or not. To qualify for this
exclusion, these products must meet each of the following criteria:
(1) Manufacturing and Inspection standard is API 6A or API 16C; and,
(2) body or wing nut is permanently marked with one of the following
markings: ``FIG 2002,'' ``FIG 1502,'' ``FIG 1002,'' ``FIG 602,''
``FIG 206,'' or ``FIG any other number'' or MTR (Material Test
Report) shows these FIG numbers.
To be excluded from the scope, products must have the
appropriate standard or pressure markings and/or be accompanied by
documentation showing product compliance to the applicable standard
or pressure, e.g., ``API 5CT'' mark and/or a mill certification
report.
Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally
entered under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, 7307.99.1000,
7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They may also be
entered under HTSUS 7307.93.3010, 7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000,
7307.93.9010, 7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, and 7326.19.0010.
The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the
scope is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2020-27304 Filed 12-10-20; 8:45 am]
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