82_FR_60420 82 FR 60178 - Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

82 FR 60178 - Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 242 (December 19, 2017)

Page Range60178-60180
FR Document2017-27307

The Department of Commerce (Department) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of cast iron soil pipe fittings (soil pipe fittings) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-063]


Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment 
of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies are being provided to 
producers and exporters of cast iron soil pipe fittings (soil pipe 
fittings) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of 
investigation is January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable December 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5973 or 202-482-
0339, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This preliminary determination is made in accordance with section 
703(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The Department 
published the notice of initiation of this investigation on August 8, 
2017.\1\ On September 2, 2017, the Department postponed the preliminary 
determination of this investigation and the revised deadline is now 
December 11, 2017.\2\ For a

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complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this 
investigation, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as 
Appendix II 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 
http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 
signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.
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    \1\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic 
of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 
37048 (August 8, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic 
of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 82 FR 44160 (September 21, 2017).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Affirmative Determination of Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Investigation

    The products covered by this investigation are cast iron soil pipe 
fittings from the PRC. For a complete description of the scope of this 
investigation, see Appendix I.

Scope Comments

    In accordance with the preamble to the Department's regulations,\4\ 
the Initiation Notice set aside a period of time for parties to raise 
issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).\5\ No parties 
submitted comments with regard to the scope of this investigation.
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Final Rule, 
62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).
    \5\ See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 37049.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with 
section 701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, the Department preliminarily determines that there is 
a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by an ``authority'' that 
confers a benefit on the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\6\
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    \6\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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    The Department notes that, in making these findings, it relied, in 
part, on facts available and, because it finds that one or more 
respondents did not act to the best of their ability to respond to the 
Department's requests for information, it drew an adverse inference 
where appropriate in selecting from among the facts otherwise 
available.\7\ For further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise 
Available and Adverse Inferences'' in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    \7\ See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.
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Alignment

    As noted in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, in accordance with 
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), the Department 
is aligning the final CVD determination in this investigation with the 
final determination in the companion AD investigation of cast iron soil 
pipe fittings based on a request made by the petitioner.\8\ 
Consequently, the final CVD determination will be issued on the same 
date as the final antidumping duty determination, which is currently 
scheduled to be issued no later than April 24, 2018, unless postponed.
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    \8\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from 
the People's Republic of China: Request to Align the Final 
Determinations,'' dated November 16, 2017. The petitioner in this 
investigation is the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute, a trade 
association whose members are all domestic producers of soil pipe 
fittings. The individual members of the Cast Iron Soil Pipe 
Institute are AB&I Foundry, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, and Tyler 
Pipe. See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 37048.
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All-Others Rate

    Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in the 
preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated 
all-others rate for companies not individually examined. This rate 
shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated 
subsidy rates established for those companies individually examined, 
excluding any zero and de minimis rates and any rates based entirely 
under section 776 of the Act.
    In this investigation, the Department calculated individual 
estimated countervailable subsidy rates for Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial 
Group Co., Ltd. and Wor-Biz International Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui) 
that are not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise 
available. The Department calculated the all-others' rate using a 
weighted average of the individual estimated subsidy rates calculated 
for the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged 
values for the merchandise under consideration.\9\
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    \9\ See Memorandum regarding: Calculation of the All-Others Rate 
for the Preliminary Determination, dated December 11, 2017.
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Preliminary Determination

    The Department preliminarily determines that the following 
estimated countervailable subsidy rates exist:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                    Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd................            8.66
Shijiazhuang Chengmei Import & Export Co., Ltd..........          102.31
Wor-Biz International Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui).........           12.72
All-Others..............................................           10.37
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Suspension of Liquidation

    In accordance with section 703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the 
Department will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
suspend liquidation of entries of subject merchandise as described in 
the scope of the investigation entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(d), the 
Department will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit equal to the 
rates indicated above.

Disclosure

    The Department intends to disclose its calculations and analysis to 
interested parties in this preliminary determination within five days 
of its public announcement, or if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Verification

    As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the Act, the Department intends 
to verify the information relied upon in making its final 
determination.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant

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Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than seven days after 
the date on which the last verification report is issued in this 
investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline 
date for case briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 
parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this investigation 
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the 
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, whether any participant is a foreign national, and a list 
of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, the 
Department intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
    Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to be 
filed electronically using ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date.

International Trade Commission Notification

    In accordance with section 703(f) of the Act, the Department will 
notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of its determination. 
If the Department's final determination is affirmative, the ITC will 
make its final determination before the later of 120 days after the 
date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after the 
Department's final determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(f) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c).

    Dated: December 11, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is cast iron soil 
pipe fittings, finished and unfinished, regardless of industry or 
proprietary specifications, and regardless of size. Cast iron soil 
pipe fittings are nonmalleable iron castings of various designs and 
sizes, including, but not limited to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, 
drains, and other common or special fittings, with or without side 
inlets.
    Cast iron soil pipe fittings are classified into two major 
types--hubless and hub and spigot. Hubless cast iron soil pipe 
fittings are manufactured without a hub, generally in compliance 
with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute (CISPI) specification 301 and/or 
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) specification 
A888. Hub and spigot pipe fittings have hubs into which the spigot 
(plain end) of the pipe or fitting is inserted. Cast iron soil pipe 
fittings are generally distinguished from other types of 
nonmalleable cast iron fittings by the manner in which they are 
connected to cast iron soil pipe and other fittings.
    The subject imports are normally classified in subheading 
7307.11.0045 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS): Cast fittings of nonmalleable cast iron for cast iron soil 
pipe. The HTSUS subheading and specifications are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes only; the written description of 
the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

Appendix II

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Investigation
IV. New Subsidy Allegations
V. Alignment
VI. Injury Test
VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports From the PRC
VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
IX. Subsidies Valuation
X. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
XI. Analysis of Programs
XII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
XIII. ITC Notification
XIV. Recommendation

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                                                Scope of the Order                                      provided for convenience and customs                    amended, and 19 CFR 351.216, and 19
                                                                                                        purposes; however, the written                          CFR 351.221(c)(3).
                                                   The products covered by the order are
                                                                                                        description of the scope of the order is                  Dated: December 14, 2017.
                                                all finished circular sawblades, whether
                                                                                                        dispositive.
                                                slotted or not, with a working part that                                                                        Gary Taverman,
                                                is comprised of a diamond segment or                    Final Results of Changed                                Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
                                                segments, and parts thereof, regardless                 Circumstances Review                                    and Countervailing Duty Operations,
                                                of specification or size, except as                                                                             performing the non-exclusive functions and
                                                                                                           For the reasons stated in the Initiation             duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                specifically excluded below. Within the                 and Preliminary Results, we continue to
                                                scope of the order are semifinished                                                                             Enforcement and Compliance.
                                                                                                        find that Chengdu Huifeng New
                                                diamond sawblades, including diamond                                                                            [FR Doc. 2017–27308 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        Material Technology Co., Ltd. is the
                                                sawblade cores and diamond sawblade                     successor-in-interest to Chengdu                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
                                                segments. Diamond sawblade cores are                    Huifeng Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. for
                                                circular steel plates, whether or not                   purposes of determining antidumping
                                                attached to non-steel plates, with slots.                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                                                                        duty liability under the antidumping
                                                Diamond sawblade cores are                              duty order on diamond sawblades from                    International Trade Administration
                                                manufactured principally, but not                       the PRC.5 As a result of this
                                                exclusively, from alloy steel. A diamond                determination, we find that Chengdu                     [C–570–063]
                                                sawblade segment consists of a mixture                  Huifeng New Material Technology Co.,
                                                of diamonds (whether natural or                                                                                 Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings From the
                                                                                                        Ltd. is entitled to the cash deposit rate
                                                synthetic, and regardless of the quantity                                                                       People’s Republic of China:
                                                                                                        previously assigned to Chengdu Huifeng
                                                of diamonds) and metal powders                                                                                  Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
                                                                                                        Diamond Tools Co., Ltd. in the most
                                                (including, but not limited to, iron,                   recently completed administrative                       Duty Determination and Alignment of
                                                cobalt, nickel, tungsten carbide) that are              review of the antidumping duty order                    Final Determination With Final
                                                formed together into a solid shape (from                on diamond sawblades from the PRC.6                     Antidumping Duty Determination
                                                generally, but not limited to, a heating                Consequently, the Department will                       AGENCY:    Enforcement and Compliance,
                                                and pressing process).                                  instruct U.S. Customs and Border                        International Trade Administration,
                                                   Sawblades with diamonds directly                     Protection to suspend liquidation of all                Department of Commerce.
                                                attached to the core with a resin or                    shipments of subject merchandise                        SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
                                                electroplated bond, which thereby do                    exported by Chengdu Huifeng New                         (Department) preliminarily determines
                                                not contain a diamond segment, are not                  Material Technology Co., Ltd., and                      that countervailable subsidies are being
                                                included within the scope of the order.                 entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,                   provided to producers and exporters of
                                                Diamond sawblades and/or sawblade                       for consumption on or after the                         cast iron soil pipe fittings (soil pipe
                                                cores with a thickness of less than 0.025               publication date of this notice in the                  fittings) from the People’s Republic of
                                                inches, or with a thickness greater than                Federal Register at 6.19 percent, which                 China (PRC). The period of investigation
                                                1.1 inches, are excluded from the scope                 is the current antidumping duty cash                    is January 1, 2016, through December
                                                of the order. Circular steel plates that                deposit rate for Chengdu Huifeng
                                                                                                                                                                31, 2016.
                                                have a cutting edge of non-diamond                      Diamond Tools Co., Ltd.7 This cash
                                                                                                        deposit requirement shall remain in                     DATES: Applicable December 19, 2017.
                                                material, such as external teeth that
                                                protrude from the outer diameter of the                 effect until further notice.                            FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                plate, whether or not finished, are                                                                             Dennis McClure or Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD
                                                                                                        Notification to Interested Parties                      Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
                                                excluded from the scope of the order.
                                                Diamond sawblade cores with a                             This notice serves as a final reminder                and Compliance, International Trade
                                                Rockwell C hardness of less than 25 are                 to parties subject to administrative                    Administration, U.S. Department of
                                                excluded from the scope of the order.                   protective order (APO) of their                         Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
                                                Diamond sawblades and/or diamond                        responsibility concerning the                           NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
                                                segment(s) with diamonds that                           disposition of proprietary information                  202–482–5973 or 202–482–0339,
                                                predominantly have a mesh size number                   disclosed under APO in accordance                       respectively.
                                                greater than 240 (such as 250 or 260) are               with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                excluded from the scope of the order.                   written notification of the return/
                                                Merchandise subject to the order is                     destruction of APO materials or                         Background
                                                typically imported under heading                        conversion to judicial protective order is                 This preliminary determination is
                                                8202.39.00.00 of the Harmonized Tariff                  hereby requested. Failure to comply                     made in accordance with section 703(b)
                                                Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).                  with the regulations and terms of an                    of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
                                                When packaged together as a set for                     APO is a sanctionable violation.                        (the Act). The Department published the
                                                retail sale with an item that is separately               This notice of final results is in                    notice of initiation of this investigation
                                                classified under headings 8202 to 8205                  accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and                  on August 8, 2017.1 On September 2,
                                                of the HTSUS, diamond sawblades or                      777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as                    2017, the Department postponed the
                                                parts thereof may be imported under                                                                             preliminary determination of this
                                                                                                        Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR
                                                heading 8206.00.00.00 of the HTSUS.                     76128, 76130 (December 6, 2011).                        investigation and the revised deadline is
                                                On October 11, 2011, the Department                       5 See Initiation and Preliminary Results, 82 FR at    now December 11, 2017.2 For a
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                                                included the 6804.21.00.00 HTSUS                        51606–07.
                                                classification number to the customs                      6 See, e.g., Notice of Final Results of Antidumping      1 See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s

                                                case reference file, pursuant to a request              Duty Changed Circumstances Review: Certain              Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
                                                                                                        Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand, 81 FR            Investigation, 82 FR 37048 (August 8, 2017)
                                                by U.S. Customs and Border Protection                   222 (January 5, 2016).                                  (Initiation Notice).
                                                (CBP).4 The tariff classification is                      7 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from           2 See Cast Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s

                                                                                                        the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of        Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary
                                                  4 See Diamond Sawblades and Parts Thereof from        Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–           Determination in the Countervailing Duty
                                                the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of           2015, 82 FR 26912 (June 12, 2017).                      Investigation, 82 FR 44160 (September 21, 2017).



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                                                complete description of the events that                                     parties submitted comments with regard                                       determination will be issued on the
                                                followed the initiation of this                                             to the scope of this investigation.                                          same date as the final antidumping duty
                                                investigation, see the Preliminary                                                                                                                       determination, which is currently
                                                                                                                            Methodology
                                                Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics                                                                                                                   scheduled to be issued no later than
                                                discussed in the Preliminary Decision                                         The Department is conducting this                                          April 24, 2018, unless postponed.
                                                Memorandum is included as Appendix                                          investigation in accordance with section
                                                                                                                            701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy                                      All-Others Rate
                                                II to this notice. The Preliminary
                                                Decision Memorandum is a public                                             programs found countervailable, the                                            Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of
                                                document and is on file electronically                                      Department preliminarily determines                                          the Act provide that in the preliminary
                                                via Enforcement and Compliance’s                                            that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial                                   determination, the Department shall
                                                Antidumping and Countervailing Duty                                         contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that                                        determine an estimated all-others rate
                                                Centralized Electronic Service System                                       confers a benefit on the recipient, and                                      for companies not individually
                                                (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to                                            that the subsidy is specific.6                                               examined. This rate shall be an amount
                                                registered users at http://                                                   The Department notes that, in making                                       equal to the weighted average of the
                                                access.trade.gov, and is available to all                                   these findings, it relied, in part, on facts                                 estimated subsidy rates established for
                                                parties in the Central Records Unit,                                        available and, because it finds that one                                     those companies individually
                                                Room B8024 of the main Department of                                        or more respondents did not act to the                                       examined, excluding any zero and de
                                                Commerce building. In addition, a                                           best of their ability to respond to the                                      minimis rates and any rates based
                                                complete version of the Preliminary                                         Department’s requests for information, it                                    entirely under section 776 of the Act.
                                                Decision Memorandum can be accessed                                         drew an adverse inference where                                                In this investigation, the Department
                                                directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/                                   appropriate in selecting from among the                                      calculated individual estimated
                                                frn/. The signed and electronic versions                                    facts otherwise available.7 For further                                      countervailable subsidy rates for Shanxi
                                                of the Preliminary Decision                                                 information, see ‘‘Use of Facts                                              Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd. and
                                                Memorandum are identical in content.                                        Otherwise Available and Adverse                                              Wor-Biz International Trading Co., Ltd.
                                                                                                                            Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision                                     (Anhui) that are not zero, de minimis, or
                                                Scope of the Investigation                                                  Memorandum.                                                                  based entirely on facts otherwise
                                                   The products covered by this                                                                                                                          available. The Department calculated
                                                                                                                            Alignment
                                                investigation are cast iron soil pipe                                                                                                                    the all-others’ rate using a weighted
                                                fittings from the PRC. For a complete                                          As noted in the Preliminary Decision                                      average of the individual estimated
                                                description of the scope of this                                            Memorandum, in accordance with                                               subsidy rates calculated for the
                                                investigation, see Appendix I.                                              section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR                                      examined respondents using each
                                                                                                                            351.210(b)(4), the Department is                                             company’s publicly-ranged values for
                                                Scope Comments                                                              aligning the final CVD determination in                                      the merchandise under consideration.9
                                                  In accordance with the preamble to                                        this investigation with the final
                                                the Department’s regulations,4 the                                          determination in the companion AD                                            Preliminary Determination
                                                Initiation Notice set aside a period of                                     investigation of cast iron soil pipe                                           The Department preliminarily
                                                time for parties to raise issues regarding                                  fittings based on a request made by the                                      determines that the following estimated
                                                product coverage (i.e., scope).5 No                                         petitioner.8 Consequently, the final CVD                                     countervailable subsidy rates exist:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Subsidy rate
                                                                                                                                      Producer/exporter                                                                                                     (percent)

                                                Shanxi Xuanshi Industrial Group Co., Ltd ...........................................................................................................................................                               8.66
                                                Shijiazhuang Chengmei Import & Export Co., Ltd ..............................................................................................................................                                    102.31
                                                Wor-Biz International Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui) ..................................................................................................................................                                12.72
                                                All-Others .............................................................................................................................................................................................          10.37



                                                Suspension of Liquidation                                                   351.205(d), the Department will instruct                                     of the date of this notice in accordance
                                                                                                                            CBP to require a cash deposit equal to                                       with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
                                                   In accordance with section
                                                703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, the                                     the rates indicated above.                                                   Verification
                                                Department will direct U.S. Customs                                         Disclosure
                                                and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend                                                                                                                      As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the
                                                liquidation of entries of subject                                              The Department intends to disclose                                        Act, the Department intends to verify
                                                merchandise as described in the scope                                       its calculations and analysis to                                             the information relied upon in making
                                                of the investigation entered, or                                            interested parties in this preliminary                                       its final determination.
                                                withdrawn from warehouse, for                                               determination within five days of its                                        Public Comment
                                                consumption on or after the date of                                         public announcement, or if there is no
                                                publication of this notice in the Federal                                   public announcement, within five days                                         Case briefs or other written comments
                                                Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR                                                                                                                    may be submitted to the Assistant
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                                                   3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for                                6 See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act                                investigation is the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute, a
                                                the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Cast                           regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)                          trade association whose members are all domestic
                                                Iron Soil Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic                          of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of                         producers of soil pipe fittings. The individual
                                                of China,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby                             the Act regarding specificity.                                               members of the Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute are
                                                adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision                                 7 See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act.                                  AB&I Foundry, Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, and Tyler
                                                Memorandum).                                                                  8 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Cast Iron Soil Pipe                           Pipe. See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 37048.
                                                   4 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,                                                                                                         9 See Memorandum regarding: Calculation of the
                                                                                                                            Fittings from the People’s Republic of China:
                                                Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997).                              Request to Align the Final Determinations,’’ dated                           All-Others Rate for the Preliminary Determination,
                                                   5 See Initiation Notice, 82 FR at 37049.                                 November 16, 2017. The petitioner in this                                    dated December 11, 2017.



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                                                Secretary for Enforcement and                             Dated: December 11, 2017.                           DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
                                                Compliance no later than seven days                     Gary Taverman,
                                                after the date on which the last                        Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping            National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                verification report is issued in this                   and Countervailing Duty Operations,                   Administration
                                                investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to              performing the non-exclusive functions and            RIN 0648–XF885
                                                issues raised in case briefs, may be                    duties of the Assistant Secretary for
                                                submitted no later than five days after                 Enforcement and Compliance.                           Pacific Fishery Management Council;
                                                the deadline date for case briefs.10                                                                          Public Meeting
                                                                                                        Appendix I
                                                Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and
                                                                                                        Scope of the Investigation                            AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or
                                                                                                                                                              Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                rebuttal briefs in this investigation are                  The merchandise covered by this                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                encouraged to submit with each                          investigation is cast iron soil pipe fittings,        Commerce.
                                                argument: (1) A statement of the issue;                 finished and unfinished, regardless of
                                                                                                                                                              ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
                                                (2) a brief summary of the argument;                    industry or proprietary specifications, and
                                                and (3) a table of authorities.                         regardless of size. Cast iron soil pipe fittings      SUMMARY:    The Pacific Fishery
                                                   Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),                       are nonmalleable iron castings of various             Management Council (Pacific Council)
                                                interested parties who wish to request a                designs and sizes, including, but not limited         will host the Sixth National Meeting of
                                                                                                        to, bends, tees, wyes, traps, drains, and other       the Scientific Coordination
                                                hearing, limited to issues raised in the
                                                                                                        common or special fittings, with or without           Subcommittee of the Council
                                                case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a
                                                                                                        side inlets.                                          Coordination Committee (SCS6). The
                                                written request to the Assistant
                                                                                                           Cast iron soil pipe fittings are classified        meeting theme is ‘‘The Use of
                                                Secretary for Enforcement and                           into two major types—hubless and hub and
                                                Compliance, U.S. Department of                                                                                Management Strategy Evaluation to
                                                                                                        spigot. Hubless cast iron soil pipe fittings are      Inform Management Decisions Made by
                                                Commerce within 30 days after the date                  manufactured without a hub, generally in
                                                of publication of this notice. Requests                                                                       the Regional Fishery Management
                                                                                                        compliance with Cast Iron Soil Pipe Institute
                                                should contain the party’s name,                                                                              Councils,’’ with three subthemes: Use of
                                                                                                        (CISPI) specification 301 and/or American
                                                address, and telephone number, the                                                                            MSEs in evaluating and modifying
                                                                                                        Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
                                                number of participants, whether any                                                                           harvest control rules; use of MSEs in
                                                                                                        specification A888. Hub and spigot pipe
                                                participant is a foreign national, and a                                                                      investigating and accommodating
                                                                                                        fittings have hubs into which the spigot
                                                list of the issues to be discussed. If a                                                                      uncertainty; and use of MSEs in
                                                                                                        (plain end) of the pipe or fitting is inserted.
                                                request for a hearing is made, the                                                                            adjusting harvest control rules in
                                                                                                        Cast iron soil pipe fittings are generally
                                                Department intends to hold the hearing                                                                        changing environments/non-static
                                                                                                        distinguished from other types of
                                                at the U.S. Department of Commerce,                     nonmalleable cast iron fittings by the manner
                                                                                                                                                              maximum sustainable yield. The agenda
                                                1401 Constitution Avenue NW,                            in which they are connected to cast iron soil
                                                                                                                                                              for the SCS6 meeting is available at
                                                                                                                                                              http://www.fisherycouncils.org/ssc-
                                                Washington, DC 20230, at a time and                     pipe and other fittings.
                                                                                                           The subject imports are normally classified        workshops/sixth-national-ssc-workshop-
                                                date to be determined. Parties should
                                                                                                        in subheading 7307.11.0045 of the                     2018.
                                                confirm by telephone the date, time, and
                                                location of the hearing two days before                 Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United              DATES: The SCS6 meeting will be held
                                                the scheduled date.                                     States (HTSUS): Cast fittings of nonmalleable         on January 17–19, 2018. The meeting
                                                                                                        cast iron for cast iron soil pipe. The HTSUS          will begin at 8 a.m. Pacific Standard
                                                   Parties are reminded that briefs and                 subheading and specifications are provided            Time (PST) each day and finish when
                                                hearing requests are to be filed                        for convenience and customs purposes only;            business is complete for the day.
                                                electronically using ACCESS and that                    the written description of the scope of this          ADDRESSES: The SCS6 meeting will be
                                                electronically filed documents must be                  investigation is dispositive.                         held at the Kona Kai Resort, 1551
                                                received successfully in their entirety by
                                                                                                        Appendix II                                           Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA;
                                                5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
                                                                                                                                                              telephone: (619) 221–8000. The meeting
                                                International Trade Commission                          List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary           is open to the public and will also be
                                                Notification                                            Decision Memorandum                                   streamed online for those who want to
                                                                                                        I. Summary                                            follow the proceedings remotely.
                                                   In accordance with section 703(f) of                 II. Background                                        Instructions for attending the meeting
                                                the Act, the Department will notify the                 III. Scope of the Investigation                       via live stream broadcast are given
                                                International Trade Commission (ITC) of                 IV. New Subsidy Allegations                           under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION,
                                                its determination. If the Department’s                  V. Alignment                                          below.
                                                final determination is affirmative, the                 VI. Injury Test                                          Council address: Pacific Fishery
                                                ITC will make its final determination                   VII. Application of the CVD Law to Imports            Management Council, 7700 NE
                                                before the later of 120 days after the date                   From the PRC                                    Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
                                                of this preliminary determination or 45                 VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and            OR 97220.
                                                days after the Department’s final                             Adverse Inferences                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
                                                determination.                                          IX. Subsidies Valuation                               John DeVore, Staff Officer, Pacific
                                                                                                        X. Benchmarks and Interest Rates                      Fishery Management Council;
                                                Notification to Interested Parties                      XI. Analysis of Programs                              telephone: (503) 820–2413.
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                                                                                                        XII. Calculation of the All-Others Rate
                                                  This determination is issued and                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SCS6
                                                                                                        XIII. ITC Notification
                                                published pursuant to sections 703(f)                                                                         meeting will be live-streamed on the
                                                                                                        XIV. Recommendation
                                                and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR                                                                              internet during the following hours:
                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–27307 Filed 12–18–17; 8:45 am]          Wednesday, January 17, 2018 through
                                                351.205(c).
                                                                                                        BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P                                Friday, January 19, 2018 beginning at 8
                                                  10 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303                                                              a.m. PST, ending daily at approximately
                                                (for general filing requirements).                                                                            5:30 p.m. PST or when business for the


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
DatesApplicable December 19, 2017.
ContactDennis McClure or Jinny Ahn, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5973 or 202-482- 0339, respectively.
FR Citation82 FR 60178 

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