82 FR 9711 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Italy: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 25 (February 8, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 9711-9714] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-02605] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-475-835] Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From Italy: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) preliminarily determines that finished carbon steel flanges from Italy are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015, through March 31, 2016. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins of sales at LTFV are shown in the ``Preliminary Determination'' section of this notice. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination. DATES: Effective February 8, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Moses Song, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of [[Page 9712]] Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3931 or (202) 482-5041, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The Department initiated this investigation on July 20, 2016.\1\ We selected two mandatory respondents in this investigation, Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A. (Metalfar) and Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l. (Melesi). For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this investigation, see the memorandum that is dated concurrently with this determination and hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ A list of topics in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as Appendix II to this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, Italy, and Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 81 FR 49619 (July 28, 2016) (Initiation Notice). \2\ See Memorandum from Gary Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated concurrently with 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 https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Department's 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 on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Scope of the Investigation The product covered by this investigation is finished carbon steel flanges from Italy. For a complete description of the scope of the investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation'' in Appendix I of this notice. Scope Comments We received no comments from interested parties regarding the scope of the investigation as it appeared in the Initiation Notice. The scope published in the Initiation Notice contained several typographical errors, which have been corrected in Appendix I. Methodology The Department is conducting this investigation in accordance with section 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Pursuant to section 776(a) of the Act, the Department is preliminarily relying upon facts otherwise available to assign an estimated weighted-average dumping margin to the mandatory respondents in this investigation because both respondents failed to timely provide necessary information requested by the Department, withheld requested information, and significantly impeded the investigation. Further, the Department is preliminarily determining that these mandatory respondents failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of their abilities to comply with requests for information and, thus, the Department is applying adverse facts available (AFA) to the respondents, in accordance with section 776(b) of Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary determination, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum. All-Others Rate Section 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provides that, in the preliminary determination, the Department shall determine an estimated ``all-others'' rate for all exporters and producers not individually investigated, in accordance with section 735(c)(5) of the Act. Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that, generally, the estimated rate for all-others shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. The estimated weighted-average dumping margins in this preliminary determination were calculated entirely under section 776 of the Act. In cases where no weighted-average dumping margins other than that of zero, that of de minimis, or those determined entirely under section 776 of the Act have been established for individually examined entities, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department has previously used the simple average of the margins calculated in the petition and applied the result to ``all-other'' entities not individually examined.\3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, 78 FR 79670, 79671 (December 31, 2013), unchanged in Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 14476, 14477 (March 14, 2014); see also Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909 (April 23, 2008); unchanged in Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 38986 (July 8, 2008). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the petition, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing Co., L.P. (collectively, Petitioners) calculated three dumping margins for subject merchandise from Italy.\4\ Consistent with our practice, we preliminarily assigned the simple average of these margins, which results in 79.17 percent, as the ``all-others'' rate in this investigation.\5\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India, Italy and Spain and Countervailing Duties on Imports from India, dated June 30, 2016 (the Petition) at Volume III; see also Letter from Petitioners to the Department, regarding ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy: Second Supplemental Questionnaire Response,'' dated July 13, 2016. \5\ See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From Canada: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81 FR 75039 (October 28, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 2; see also Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Postponement of Final Determination, 79 FR 10487 (February 25, 2014), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 53691 (September 10, 2014). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Preliminary Determination The Department preliminarily determines that finished carbon steel flanges from Italy are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at LTFV, pursuant to section 733 of the Act, and that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted- average Exporter/manufacturer dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Metalfar Prodotti Industriali S.p.A......................... 204.53 Officine Ambrogio Melesi & C. S.r.l./ASFO S.p.A............. 204.53 All Others.................................................. 79.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 733(d)(2) of the Act, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to suspend liquidation of all entries of finished [[Page 9713]] carbon steel flanges from Italy, as described in the ``Scope of the Investigation'' in Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Pursuant to section 733(d) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), we will instruct CBP to require cash deposits \6\ equal to the weighted- average amount by which the normal value exceeds U.S. price, as indicated in the chart above, as follows: (1) The rate for the mandatory respondents listed above will be the respondent-specific rates we determined in this preliminary determination; (2) if the exporter is not a mandatory respondent identified above, but the producer is, the rate will be the specific rate established for the producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the rate for all other producers or exporters will be the all-others rate. The suspension of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \6\ See Modification of Regulations Regarding the Practice of Accepting Bonds During the Provisional Measures Period in Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, 76 FR 61042 (October 3, 2011). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disclosure Normally, the Department discloses the calculations performed in connection with a preliminary determination to interested parties within five days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Because the Department preliminarily applied total AFA to each of the mandatory respondents in this investigation, in accordance with section 776 of the Act, there are no calculations to disclose. Verification Because the mandatory respondents in this investigation did not provide information requested by the Department, the Department will not conduct verifications of company responses. Public Comment Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination no later than 30 days after the date of publication of the preliminary determination.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days after the deadline date for case briefs.\8\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). The Department has exercised its discretion under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(i) to alter the time limit for submission of case briefs. \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to request a hearing 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, 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. All documents must be filed electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-filed request must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by the petitioner. 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that requests by respondents for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration. Respondent Melesi has requested that, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination in this investigation, the Department postpone its final determination until no later than 135 days after the publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act. Melesi also requested the extension of the application of the provisional measures prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act from a four-month period to a period not to exceed six months, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \9\ See Letter from Melesi, regarding ``Antidumping Duty Investigation of Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy: Request to Extend Antidumping Duty Final Determination in the Event of an Affirmative Preliminary Determination,'' dated January 18, 2017. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our preliminary determination is affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not greater than six months. Accordingly, we will issue our final determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of this preliminary determination, pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the Act.\10\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) and (e). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 733(f) of the Act, we are notifying the International Trade Commission (ITC) of our affirmative preliminary determination of sales at LTFV. If our final determination is affirmative, the ITC will determine before the later of 120 days after the date of this preliminary determination or 45 days after our final determination whether these imports are materially injuring, or threaten material injury to, the U.S. industry.This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). Dated: January 26, 2017. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I Scope of the Investigation The scope of this investigation covers finished carbon steel flanges. Finished carbon steel flanges differ from unfinished carbon steel flanges (also known as carbon steel flange forgings) in that they have undergone further processing after forging, including, but not limited to, beveling, bore threading, center or step boring, face machining, taper boring, machining ends or surfaces, drilling bolt holes, and/or de- [[Page 9714]] burring or shot blasting. Any one of these post-forging processes suffices to render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this investigation. However, mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange forging (without any other further processing after forging) does not render the forging into a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of this investigation. While these finished carbon steel flanges are generally manufactured to specification ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or series B, the scope is not limited to flanges produced under those specifications. All types of finished carbon steel flanges are included in the scope regardless of pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration (e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually, but not necessarily, expressed in inches), normalization, or whether or not heat treated. These carbon steel flanges either meet or exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105, ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and ASTM A707 standards (or comparable foreign specifications). The scope includes any flanges produced to the above-referenced ASTM standards as currently stated or as may be amended. The term ``carbon steel'' under this scope is steel in which: (a) iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements: (b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (c) none of the elements listed below exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated: (i) 0.87 percent of aluminum; (ii) 0.0105 percent of boron; (iii) 10.10 percent of chromium; (iv) 1.55 percent of columbium; (v) 3.10 percent of copper; (vi) 0.38 percent of lead; (vii) 3.04 percent of manganese; (viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum; (ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; (x) 1.55 percent of niobium; (xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen; (xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; (xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon; (xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; (xv) 1.05 percent of titanium; (xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; (xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or (xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium. Finished carbon steel flanges are currently classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010 and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They may also be entered under HTSUS subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive. Appendix II List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 1. Summary 2. Background 3. Period of Investigation 4. Scope of the Investigation 5. Scope Comments 6. Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional Measures 7. Affiliations and Collapsing of Affiliates 8. Application of Facts Available and Use of Adverse Inference 9. Calculation of All-Others Rate 10. Verification 11. Conclusion [FR Doc. 2017-02605 Filed 2-7-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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Suspension Agreements The Department no longer considers day of February 2017, a request for
None. the non-market economy (NME) entity review of entries covered by an order,
In accordance with 19 CFR as an exporter conditionally subject to finding, or suspended investigation
351.213(b), an interested party as an antidumping duty administrative listed in this notice and for the period
defined by section 771(9) of the Act may reviews.3 Accordingly, the NME entity identified above, the Department will
request in writing that the Secretary will not be under review unless the instruct CBP to assess antidumping or
conduct an administrative review. For Department specifically receives a countervailing duties on those entries at
both antidumping and countervailing request for, or self-initiates, a review of a rate equal to the cash deposit of (or
duty reviews, the interested party must the NME entity.4 In administrative bond for) estimated antidumping or
specify the individual producers or reviews of antidumping duty orders on countervailing duties required on those
exporters covered by an antidumping merchandise from NME countries where entries at the time of entry, or
finding or an antidumping or a review of the NME entity has not been withdrawal from warehouse, for
countervailing duty order or suspension initiated, but where an individual consumption and to continue to collect
agreement for which it is requesting a exporter for which a review was the cash deposit previously ordered.
review. In addition, a domestic initiated does not qualify for a separate For the first administrative review of
interested party or an interested party rate, the Department will issue a final any order, there will be no assessment
described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act decision indicating that the company in of antidumping or countervailing duties
must state why it desires the Secretary question is part of the NME entity. on entries of subject merchandise
to review those particular producers or However, in that situation, because no entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
exporters. If the interested party intends review of the NME entity was for consumption during the relevant
for the Secretary to review sales of conducted, the NME entity’s entries provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of
merchandise by an exporter (or a were not subject to the review and the the order, if such a gap period is
producer if that producer also exports rate for the NME entity is not subject to applicable to the period of review.
merchandise from other suppliers) change as a result of that review This notice is not required by statute
which was produced in more than one (although the rate for the individual but is published as a service to the
country of origin and each country of exporter may change as a function of the international trading community.
origin is subject to a separate order, then finding that the exporter is part of the Dated: February 2, 2017.
the interested party must state NME entity). Following initiation of an Gary Taverman,
specifically, on an order-by-order basis, antidumping administrative review Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
which exporter(s) the request is when there is no review requested of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
intended to cover. NME entity, the Department will Operations.
Note that, for any party the instruct CBP to liquidate entries for all [FR Doc. 2017–02522 Filed 2–7–17; 8:45 am]
Department was unable to locate in exporters not named in the initiation BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
prior segments, the Department will not notice, including those that were
accept a request for an administrative suspended at the NME entity rate.
review of that party absent new All requests must be filed DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
information as to the party’s location. electronically in Enforcement and
Moreover, if the interested party who Compliance’s Antidumping and International Trade Administration
files a request for review is unable to Countervailing Duty Centralized
locate the producer or exporter for [A–475–835]
Electronic Service System (‘‘ACCESS’’)
which it requested the review, the on Enforcement and Compliance’s Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From
interested party must provide an ACCESS Web site at http:// Italy: Preliminary Determination of
explanation of the attempts it made to access.trade.gov.5 Further, in Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
locate the producer or exporter at the accordance with 19 CFR 351.303(f)(l)(i), Postponement of Final Determination
same time it files its request for review, a copy of each request must be served
in order for the Secretary to determine on the petitioner and each exporter or AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
if the interested party’s attempts were producer specified in the request. International Trade Administration,
reasonable, pursuant to 19 CFR The Department will publish in the Department of Commerce.
351.303(f)(3)(ii). Federal Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
As explained in Antidumping and of Administrative Review of (the Department) preliminarily
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Antidumping or Countervailing Duty determines that finished carbon steel
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 Order, Finding, or Suspended flanges from Italy are being, or are likely
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and Non- Investigation’’ for requests received by to be, sold in the United States at less
Market Economy Antidumping the last day of February 2017. If the than fair value (LTFV). The period of
Proceedings: Assessment of Department does not receive, by the last investigation (POI) is April 1, 2015,
Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 through March 31, 2016. The estimated
(October 24, 2011), the Department 3 See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement weighted-average dumping margins of
clarified its practice with respect to the of Change in Department Practice for Respondent sales at LTFV are shown in the
collection of final antidumping duties Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and ‘‘Preliminary Determination’’ section of
on imports of merchandise where Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy
Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 this notice. Interested parties are invited
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intermediate firms are involved. The FR 65963 (November 4, 2013) to comment on this preliminary
public should be aware of this 4 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties determination.
clarification in determining whether to should specify that they are requesting a review of
entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to DATES: Effective February 8, 2017.
request an administrative review of
merchandise subject to antidumping the extent possible, include the names of such FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
exporters in their request. Edythe Artman or Moses Song, AD/CVD
findings and orders.2 5 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures;
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
2 See also the Enforcement and Compliance Web Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR Compliance, International Trade
site at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. 39263 (July 6, 2011). Administration, U.S. Department of
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burring or shot blasting. Any one of these 4. Scope of the Investigation discussion of the issues raised by parties
post-forging processes suffices to render the 5. Scope Comments for this final determination, may be
forging into a finished carbon steel flange for 6. Postponement of Final Determination and found in the Final Decision
purposes of this investigation. However, Extension of Provisional Measures Memorandum.2 The Final Decision
mere heat treatment of a carbon steel flange 7. Affiliations and Collapsing of Affiliates
forging (without any other further processing 8. Application of Facts Available and Use of
Memorandum is a public document and
after forging) does not render the forging into Adverse Inference is on file electronically via Enforcement
a finished carbon steel flange for purposes of 9. Calculation of All-Others Rate and Compliance’s Antidumping and
this investigation. 10. Verification Countervailing Duty Centralized
While these finished carbon steel flanges 11. Conclusion Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
are generally manufactured to specification ACCESS is available to registered users
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ASME B16.5 or ASME B16.47 series A or at http://access.trade.gov, and is
series B, the scope is not limited to flanges BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
available to all parties in the Central
produced under those specifications. All
types of finished carbon steel flanges are Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
included in the scope regardless of pipe size DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Department of Commerce building. In
(which may or may not be expressed in addition, a complete version of the Final
inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class International Trade Administration Decision Memorandum can be accessed
(usually, but not necessarily, expressed in directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/
[C–570–043]
pounds of pressure, e.g., 150, 300, 400, 600, frn/. The signed Final Decision
900, 1500, 2500, etc.), type of face (e.g., flat Memorandum and the electronic
face, full face, raised face, etc.), configuration
Countervailing Duty Investigation of
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From version are identical in content.
(e.g., weld neck, slip on, socket weld, lap
joint, threaded, etc.), wall thickness (usually, the People’s Republic of China: Final Period of Investigation
but not necessarily, expressed in inches), Affirmative Determination, and Final
normalization, or whether or not heat treated. Affirmative Critical Circumstances The period of investigation (POI) for
These carbon steel flanges either meet or Determination, in Part which we are measuring subsidies is
exceed the requirements of the ASTM A105, January 1, 2015, through December 31,
ASTM A694, ASTM A181, ASTM A350 and AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 2015.
ASTM A707 standards (or comparable International Trade Administration,
foreign specifications). The scope includes Department of Commerce. Scope Comments
any flanges produced to the above-referenced
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce In accordance with the Preliminary
ASTM standards as currently stated or as
may be amended. The term ‘‘carbon steel’’ (the Department) determines that Scope Determination, the Department
under this scope is steel in which: countervailable subsidies are being set aside a period of time for parties to
(a) iron predominates, by weight, over each provided to producers and exporters of address scope issues in case briefs or
of the other contained elements: stainless steel sheet and strip (stainless other written comments on scope
(b) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, sheet and strip) from the People’s issues.3 No interested parties submitted
by weight; and Republic of China (PRC) as provided in scope comments in case or rebuttal
(c) none of the elements listed below section 705 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
exceeds the quantity, by weight, as indicated: briefs; therefore, the scope of this
(i) 0.87 percent of aluminum;
amended (the Act). For information on investigation remains unchanged for
(ii) 0.0105 percent of boron; the estimated subsidy rates, see the this final determination.
(iii) 10.10 percent of chromium; ‘‘Final Determination’’ section of this
(iv) 1.55 percent of columbium; notice. The period of investigation is Scope of the Investigation
(v) 3.10 percent of copper; January 1, 2015, through December 31, The product covered by this
(vi) 0.38 percent of lead; 2015. investigation is stainless sheet and strip
(vii) 3.04 percent of manganese;
DATES: Effective February 8, 2017. from the PRC. For a complete
(viii) 2.05 percent of molybdenum;
(ix) 20.15 percent of nickel; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: description of the scope of this
(x) 1.55 percent of niobium; Spencer Toubia or David Lindgren, AD/ investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the
(xi) 0.20 percent of nitrogen; CVD Operations, Office VII, Investigation,’’ in Appendix II of this
(xii) 0.21 percent of phosphorus; Enforcement and Compliance, notice.
(xiii) 3.10 percent of silicon; International Trade Administration,
(xiv) 0.21 percent of sulfur; Analysis of Subsidy Programs and
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Comments Received
(xv) 1.05 percent of titanium;
(xvi) 4.06 percent of tungsten; Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
(xvii) 0.53 percent of vanadium; or DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0123 or The subsidy programs under
(xviii) 0.015 percent of zirconium. (202) 482–3870, respectively. investigation and the issues raised in
Finished carbon steel flanges are currently SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in
classified under subheadings 7307.91.5010 this investigation are discussed in the
and 7307.91.5050 of the Harmonized Tariff Background Final Decision Memorandum. A list of
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). They The Department published the the issues that parties raised, and to
may also be entered under HTSUS which we responded in the Final
subheadings 7307.91.5030 and 7307.91.5070. Preliminary Determination on July 18,
The HTSUS subheadings are provided for 2016.1 A summary of the events that
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
convenience and customs purposes; the occurred since the Department
Memorandum for the Final Determination in the
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written description of the scope is published the Preliminary Countervailing Duty Investigation of Stainless Steel
dispositive. Determination, as well as a full Sheet and Strip from the People’s Republic of
China,’’ (Final Decision Memorandum), dated
Appendix II 1 See Countervailing Duty Investigation of concurrently with this determination and hereby
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People’s adopted by this notice.
Decision Memorandum Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative 3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Stainless Steel Sheet and
Determination and Alignment of Final Strip from the People’s Republic of China:
1. Summary Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Preliminary Scope Memorandum for the
2. Background Determination, 81 FR 46643 (July 18, 2016) Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
3. Period of Investigation (Preliminary Determination). Investigations,’’ September 9, 2016.
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| Dates | Effective February 8, 2017. | |
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| FR Citation | 82 FR 9711 |
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