Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2020, 43523-43525 [2021-16913]
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not zero or de minimis (i.e., greater than
or equal to 0.5 percent) in the final
results of this review, we will calculate
importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rates for the merchandise
based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined
sales made during the POR to each
importer and the total entered value of
those same sales, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where an importerspecific ad valorem assessment rate is
zero or de minimis in the final results
of the review, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.16
If a respondent’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis
in the final results of the review, we will
instruct CBP not to assess duties on any
of its entries in accordance with the
Final Modification for Reviews, i.e.,
‘‘{w}here the weighted-average margin
of dumping for the exporter is
determined to be zero or de minimis, no
antidumping duties will be assessed.’’ 17
For entries of subject merchandise
during the POR produced by Interpipe
for which the producer did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediated company (or companies)
involved in the transaction.18
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of this
administrative review, as provided by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
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16 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of
the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102
(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for
Reviews).
18 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
17 See
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cash deposit rate for Interpipe will be
equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of
this administrative review, except if the
rate is less than 0.50 percent, and
therefore de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in
which case the cash deposit rate will be
zero; (2) for previously reviewed or
investigated companies not listed above,
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 company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or in the investigation but the
producer is, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most
recently completed segment of this
proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be the all-others rate of
7.47 percent, the rate established in the
investigation of this proceeding.19 These
cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of its analysis of
the issues raised in any written briefs,
not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of this notice, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this
review period. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these
preliminary results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
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Dated: August 2, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation and Collapsing
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Constructed Export Price
VII. Normal Value
VIII. Currency Conversion
IX. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–079]
Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018–2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that cast iron soil pipe (soil pipe) from
the People’s Republic of China (China)
was sold in the United States at less
than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR) August 31, 2018,
through April 30, 2020. We invite
interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 9, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Javier Barrientos, 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) 482–2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Final Results of Review
19 See
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Background
On July 10, 2020, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on soil pipe
from China.1 This administrative review
covers one company, Yuncheng
Jiangxian Economic Development Zone
HengTong Casting Co., Ltd. (HengTong).
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR
41540 (July 10, 2020); see also Cast Iron Soil Pipe
from the People’s Republic of China: Antidumping
Duty Order, 84 FR 19035 (May 3, 2019) (Order).
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On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by
50 days.2 On March 22, 2021,
Commerce extended the deadline for the
preliminary results to July 30, 2021.3
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
included in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an
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. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/.
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is
soil pipe from China. For a full
description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rate
Commerce preliminary determines
that information placed on the record by
HengTong demonstrates that HengTong
is entitled to separate rate status. For
additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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China-Wide Entity
Commerce’s policy regarding
conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative
review.5 Under this policy, the Chinawide entity will not be under review
unless a party specifically requests, or
Commerce self-initiates, a review of the
entity. Because no party requested a
review of the China-wide entity in this
review, the entity is not under review
and the weighted-average dumping
margin determined for the China-wide
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the
People’s Republic of China: Extension of Deadline
for Preliminary Results of the 2018–2020
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
March 22, 2021.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the
People’s Republic of China; 2018–2020,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
5 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent
Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and
Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78
FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
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entity (i.e., 235.93 percent) is not subject
to change as a result of this review.6 For
additional information, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). We calculated export price in
accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Because China is a non-market economy
country within the meaning of section
771(18) of the Act, we calculated NV in
accordance with section 773(c) of the
Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the period
August 31, 2018, through April 31,
2020:
WeightedAverage
Dumping
Margin
(percent)
Exporter
Yuncheng Jiangxian Economic Development Zone HengTong Casting Co.,
Ltd (aka HengTong Casting Co.,
Ltd.) ....................................................
31.48
Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties
within five days of the date of
publication of this notice, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Commerce will
announce the briefing schedule to
interested parties at a later date.
Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is
limited to issues raised in case briefs,
may be filed no later than seven days
after the date established for filing case
briefs.7 Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.8 Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS 9 and must be served on
interested parties.10 Executive
summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes. Note
that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
6 See
Order, 84 FR at 19036.
19 CFR 351.309(d).
8 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
9 See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
10 See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
7 See
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proprietary information, until further
notice.11
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
request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed
electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically-filed document must be
received successfully in its entirety
through Commerce’s electronic records
system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time 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. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a time and
date to be determined. Parties should
confirm by telephone the date and time
of the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
Unless otherwise extended,
Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
which will include the results of our
analysis of all issues raised in the case
briefs, within 120 days of publication of
these preliminary results, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this
administrative review, Commerce will
determine, and United States Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) shall
assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries.12
If HengTong’s weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in
the final results of this review,
Commerce will calculate importerspecific assessment rates on the basis of
the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the examined sales to that
importer to the total entered value of
those sales,13 in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce will
instruct CBP to collect the appropriate
duties at the time of liquidation.
Where an exporter’s weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis,
11 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
12 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
13 As noted in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum, we intend to modify the entered
value used in the calculation of our assessment
instructions to CBP so as to capture the full amount
of antidumping duties due on imports of
HengTong’s merchandise. See Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at Section V; see also Memorandum,
‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People’s Republic of
China: Analysis of HengTong for the Preliminary
Results,’’ dated concurrently with this notice.
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or an importer-specific ad valorem
assessment rate is zero or de minimis,
Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.14
For entries that were not reported in
the U.S. sales data submitted by
HengTong, Commerce will instruct CBP
to liquidate such entries at the rate for
the China-wide entity.15
Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register.16 If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
review for shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date, as provided
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1)
For HengTong, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average
dumping margin established in the final
results of this review (except, if the rate
is de minimis, then cash deposit rate
will be zero); (2) for previously
examined China and non-China
exporters not listed above that at the
time of entry are eligible for a separate
rate based on a prior completed segment
of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3)
for all China exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate at the
time of entry, the cash deposit rate will
be that for the China-wide entity (i.e.,
235.93 percent); and (4) for all nonChina exporters of subject merchandise
which at the time of entry are not
eligible for a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable
to the China exporter that supplied that
non-China exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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14 See
19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
Non-Market Economy Antidumping
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76
FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full discussion
of this practice.
16 See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue
Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in
Applicable Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 884 (January 15,
2021).
15 See
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a
preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of
antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the POR.
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
This administrative review and notice
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213 and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Assessment for HengTong’s U.S. Sales and
Entries of Subject Merchandise
VI. Recommendation
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–201–853]
Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh
From Mexico: Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on the affirmative final
determinations by the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) and the
International Trade Commission (ITC),
Commerce is issuing an antidumping
duty (AD) order on standard steel
welded wire mesh (wire mesh) from
Mexico.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable August 9, 2021.
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(202) 482–1413 or (202) 482–4682,
respectively.
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 June 23, 2021, Commerce
published its affirmative final
determination in the less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation of wire mesh from
Mexico.1 On July 30, 2021, the ITC
notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determination 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 the LTFV imports of wire
mesh from Mexico.2
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
order is wire mesh from Mexico. For a
complete description of the scope of the
order, see the appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
On July 30, 2021, in accordance with
sections 735(b)(1)(A)(i) and 735(d) of the
Act, the ITC notified Commerce of its
final determination that an industry in
the United States is materially injured
by reason of imports of wire mesh from
Mexico.3 Therefore, Commerce is
issuing this AD order in accordance
with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the
Act. Because the ITC determined that
imports of wire mesh from Mexico are
materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such
merchandise from Mexico, which are
entered or withdrawn from warehouse
for consumption, are subject to the
assessment of antidumping duties.
As a result of the ITC’s final
affirmative determination, 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
wire mesh from Mexico. For entries of
wire mesh from Mexico, the cash
deposits for estimated antidumping
duties have been adjusted for export
subsidies found in the final
determination of the companion
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melissa Kinter or Alice Maldonado, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
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1 See Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh from
Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation, 86 FR 32891 (June 23,
2021).
2 See ITC’s Letter, ‘‘Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,’’ dated July 30, 2021.
3 Id.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-079]
Cast Iron Soil Pipe From the People's Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that cast iron soil pipe (soil pipe) from the People's Republic of
China (China) was sold in the United States at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR) August 31, 2018, through April
30, 2020. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable August 9, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, 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) 482-2243.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 10, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on soil pipe from
China.\1\ This administrative review covers one company, Yuncheng
Jiangxian Economic Development Zone HengTong Casting Co., Ltd.
(HengTong).
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 41540 (July 10, 2020); see also Cast
Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty
Order, 84 FR 19035 (May 3, 2019) (Order).
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On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
reviews by 50 days.\2\ On March 22, 2021, Commerce extended the
deadline for the preliminary results to July 30, 2021.\3\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's
Republic of China: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of
the 2018-2020 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March
22, 2021.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an 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. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Cast Iron
Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China; 2018-2020,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is soil pipe from China. For a
full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Separate Rate
Commerce preliminary determines that information placed on the
record by HengTong demonstrates that HengTong is entitled to separate
rate status. For additional information, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
China-Wide Entity
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide
entity applies to this administrative review.\5\ Under this policy, the
China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically
requests, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because
no party requested a review of the China-wide entity in this review,
the entity is not under review and the weighted-average dumping margin
determined for the China-wide entity (i.e., 235.93 percent) is not
subject to change as a result of this review.\6\ For additional
information, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
\6\ See Order, 84 FR at 19036.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We
calculated export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Because China is a non-market economy country within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Act, we calculated NV in accordance with section
773(c) of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following weighted-
average dumping margin exists for the period August 31, 2018, through
April 31, 2020:
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Weighted-
Average
Exporter Dumping
Margin
(percent)
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Yuncheng Jiangxian Economic Development Zone HengTong 31.48
Casting Co., Ltd (aka HengTong Casting Co., Ltd.).........
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed for these
preliminary results to interested parties within five days of the date
of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Commerce will announce the briefing schedule to interested parties at a
later date. Rebuttal briefs, the content of which is limited to issues
raised in case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after the
date established for filing case briefs.\7\ Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.\8\ Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using ACCESS \9\ and must be served on
interested parties.\10\ Executive summaries should be limited to five
pages total, including footnotes. Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing
business proprietary information, until further notice.\11\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\9\ See generally 19 CFR 351.303.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303(f).
\11\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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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 request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An
electronically-filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety through Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00
p.m. Eastern Time 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. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce
intends to hold the hearing at a time and date to be determined.
Parties should confirm by telephone the date and time of the hearing
two days before the scheduled date.
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, which will include the results
of our analysis of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120
days of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce will
determine, and United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\12\
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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If HengTong's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this
review, Commerce will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for
the examined sales to that importer to the total entered value of those
sales,\13\ in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce will
instruct CBP to collect the appropriate duties at the time of
liquidation.
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\13\ As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we intend
to modify the entered value used in the calculation of our
assessment instructions to CBP so as to capture the full amount of
antidumping duties due on imports of HengTong's merchandise. See
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at Section V; see also Memorandum,
``Cast Iron Soil Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Analysis
of HengTong for the Preliminary Results,'' dated concurrently with
this notice.
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Where an exporter's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis,
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or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.\14\
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For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales data submitted
by HengTong, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at
the rate for the China-wide entity.\15\
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\15\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011), for a full
discussion of this practice.
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register.\16\ If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
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\16\ See Notice of Discontinuation of Policy to Issue
Liquidation Instructions After 15 Days in Applicable Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Proceedings, 86 FR 884 (January
15, 2021).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For HengTong, the cash deposit rate will
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review (except, if the rate is de minimis, then
cash deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously examined China and
non-China exporters not listed above that at the time of entry are
eligible for a separate rate based on a prior completed segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing
exporter-specific cash deposit rate; (3) for all China exporters of
subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a
separate rate at the time of entry, the cash deposit rate will be that
for the China-wide entity (i.e., 235.93 percent); and (4) for all non-
China exporters of subject merchandise which at the time of entry are
not eligible for a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the
rate applicable to the China exporter that supplied that non-China
exporter. These deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of
their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during the POR. 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
This administrative review and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Assessment for HengTong's U.S. Sales and Entries of Subject
Merchandise
VI. Recommendation
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