<NOTICE>
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
<SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY>
<DEPDOC>[A-570-067]</DEPDOC>
<SUBJECT>Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Rescission of Review, in Part; 2022-2023</SUBJECT>
<HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
<SUM>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that Yingkou Guangming Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd. (Yingkou Guangming), the sole mandatory respondent in this review and an exporter of forged steel fittings from People's Republic of China (China), has not established its eligibility for a separate rate, and is therefore part of the China-wide entity. Commerce also preliminarily determines that Jiangsu Forged Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd. (Jiangsu Forged) is also not eligible for a separate rate and is thus part of the China-wide entity. Further, Commerce is rescinding the administrative review with respect to Qingdao Bestflow Industrial Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Bestflow) and Xin Yi
International Trade Co. Ltd. (Xin Yi). Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
</SUM>
<DATES>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
Applicable August 13, 2024.
</DATES>
<FURINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
Hannah Lee or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1216 and (202) 482-9068, respectively.
</FURINF>
<SUPLINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD>
On December 29, 2023, Commerce published the notice of initiation of this administrative review, covering four companies.
<SU>1</SU>
<FTREF/>
On March 27, 2024, Commerce selected Yingkou Guangming as a mandatory respondent, as it was the only remaining company under review that submitted a separate rate application (SRA) or a separate rate certification (SRC).
<SU>2</SU>
<FTREF/>
On March 29, 2024, Commerce issued Yingkou Guangming the standard non-market economy (NME) antidumping duty questionnaire.
<SU>3</SU>
<FTREF/>
On April 19, 2024, Yingkou Guangming notified Commerce of its intent not to participate in this administrative review.
<SU>4</SU>
<FTREF/>
On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.
<SU>5</SU>
<FTREF/>
The deadline for the preliminary results is now August 8, 2024.
<FTNT>
<SU>1</SU>
<E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E>
88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023) (
<E T="03">Initiation Notice</E>
).
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>2</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Respondent Selection,” dated March 27, 2024;
<E T="03">see also Initiation Notice,</E>
88 FR at 90168, 90170 (“Exporters and producers must file a timely Separate Rate Application or Certification if they want to be considered for individual examination.”).
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>3</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Commerce's Letter, “Request for Information,” dated March 29, 2024 (NME Questionnaire).
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>4</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Yingkou Guangming's Letter, “Yingkou Notice of Intent Not to Participate,” dated April 19, 2024 (Intent Not to Participate).
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>5</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024.
</FTNT>
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this administrative review,
<E T="03">see</E>
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
<SU>6</SU>
<FTREF/>
A list of the topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
<E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E>
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at
<E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E>
<FTNT>
<SU>6</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">
Scope of the Order
<E T="51">7</E>
<E T="03">See Forged Steel Fittings from Italy and the People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders,</E>
83 FR 60397 (November 26, 2018) (
<E T="03">Order</E>
).
</FTNT>
The merchandise covered by the
<E T="03">Order</E>
is carbon and alloy forged steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough forgings) or finished. Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also may be entered under HTSUS subheadings 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive. For a complete description of the scope of the
<E T="03">Order, see</E>
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD>
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.213. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions,
<E T="03">see</E>
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Partial Rescission of Administrative Review</HD>
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On January 8, 2024, Bonney Forge Corporation (the petitioner), withdrew its request for review for Qingdao Bestflow and Xin Yi.
<SU>8</SU>
<FTREF/>
No other party requested a review of these exporters. Therefore, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to Qingdao Bestflow and Xin Yi, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
<FTNT>
<SU>8</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Petitioner's Letter, “Withdrawal of Requests for Administrative Reviews,” dated January 24, 2024.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Separate Rates</HD>
Commerce preliminarily finds that Jiangsu Forged did not establish its eligibility for a separate rate because it failed to provide an SRA or SRC. Commerce also preliminarily finds that Yingkou Guangming did not establish its eligibility for a separate rate. While Yingkou Guangming submitted an SRA, it did not respond to the antidumping duty questionnaire.
<SU>9</SU>
<FTREF/>
As stated in the
<E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E>
companies that submit an SRA or SRC which are subsequently selected as mandatory respondents must respond to all parts of Commerce's questionnaire in order to be eligible for separate-rate status.
<SU>10</SU>
<FTREF/>
As such, we preliminarily determine that Jiangsu Forged and Yingkou Guangming are part of the China-wide entity. For additional information,
<E T="03">see</E>
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
<FTNT>
<SU>9</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Intent Not to Participate.
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>10</SU>
<E T="03">See Initiation Notice,</E>
88 FR at 90169-70.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">The China-Wide Entity</HD>
Commerce's policy regarding conditional review of the China-wide entity applies to this administrative review.
<SU>11</SU>
<FTREF/>
Under this policy, the China-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically requests and Commerce initiates, or Commerce self-initiates, a review of the China-wide entity.
<SU>12</SU>
<FTREF/>
Because no party requested a review of the China-wide entity and Commerce did not self-initiate a review of the China-wide entity for this review period, the China-wide entity is not under review and the China-wide entity's rate (
<E T="03">i.e.,</E>
142.72 percent) is not subject to change.
<SU>13</SU>
<FTREF/>
For additional information,
<E T="03">see</E>
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
<FTNT>
<SU>11</SU>
<E T="03">See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings,</E>
78 FR 65963 (November 4, 2013).
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>12</SU>
<E T="03">Id.</E>
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>13</SU>
<E T="03">See Order,</E>
83 FR at 60397.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure and Public Comment</HD>
Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations performed in preliminary results 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 results in the
<E T="04">Federal Register</E>
<E T="03">,</E>
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). However, as we have determined all companies under review, and not rescinded herein, to be part of the China-wide entity, and there were no calculations performed for the
mandatory respondent, there are no calculations to disclose.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii), interested parties may submit a case brief no later than 30 days after the
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