83 FR 36519 - Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)
International Trade Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-16194 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 36519-36521] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-16194] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-583-863] Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of forged steel fittings from Taiwan are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017. The final margins of sales at LTFV are listed below in the ``Final Determination'' section of this notice. DATES: Applicable July 30, 2018. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Palmer (202) 482-9068 or Suzanne Lam at (202) 482-0783, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade [[Page 36520]] Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 17, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV of forged steel fittings from Taiwan and invited interested parties to comment.\1\ The only comment received was from Bonney Forge Corporation and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) (collectively, the petitioners) agreeing with our affirmative preliminary determination to apply total adverse facts available (AFA) to the non-responsive companies.\2\ Accordingly, we made no changes to the Preliminary Determination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 22957 (May 17, 2018) (Preliminary Determination) and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. \2\ See letter from the petitioners re: Petitioners' Case Brief, dated June 15, 2018. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Investigation The products covered by this investigation are forged steel fittings from Taiwan. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' at the Appendix to this notice. Scope Comments During the course of this investigation and the concurrent investigations of forged steel fittings from the People's Republic of China (China) and Italy, Commerce received numerous scope comments from interested parties. Commerce issued a Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum \3\ and a Second Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum \4\ to address these comments. In the Second Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily found that outlets are fittings and are included in the scope of the investigations and that butt weld outlets are butt weld fittings and are excluded from the scope of the investigations. Following the Preliminary Determination, Commerce received scope case and rebuttal briefs from the petitioners and M.E.G.A S.p.A. (MEGA) concerning outlets and butt weld outlets as specified in the scope.\5\ Based on these parties' comments and our analysis of them, we made no changes to the scope of the investigations, as it appeared in the Preliminary Determination. Further, we continued to find that outlets are fittings and are therefore covered by the scope of this investigation and the concurrent investigation of forged steel fittings from China and Italy, while butt weld outlets are butt weld fittings and are excluded from the scope of the investigation. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttals submitted to the records of this investigation and the concurrent investigations of forged steel fittings from China and Italy, and our accompanying discussion and analysis of them, see the Final Scope Decision Memorandum.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Scope Comments Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated March 7, 2018 (Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). \4\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Second Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,'' dated May 7, 2018 (Second Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). \5\ See letter from MEGA re: Brief of MEGA in Response to Scope Issues Raised by the Preliminary Determination Regarding the Expansion of the Scope of the Investigations to Include Outlets, dated May 29, 2018; letter from the petitioners re: Case Brief on Scope, dated May 29, 2018; letter from MEGA re: Rebuttal Brief of MEGA in Response to Scope Issues Raised by the Preliminary Determination Regarding the Expansion of the Scope of the Investigations to Include Outlets, dated June 4, 2018; and letter from the petitioners re: Scope Rebuttal Brief, dated June 4, 2018. \6\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy and Taiwan: Final Scope Determination Decision Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Final Scope Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Verification As stated in the Preliminary Determination, Kopex Industrial Co. (Kopex), a mandatory respondent in this investigation, claimed that it did not produce or export forged steel fittings from Taiwan during the POI.\7\ As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), on May 30, 2018, we conducted verification of Kopex's claim using standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant accounting records and original source documents provided by Kopex. As a result of the verification, we confirmed that Kopex did not produce or sell forged steel fittings from Taiwan during the POI.\8\ Because the other mandatory respondents, Both Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd. (Bothwell) and Luchu Shin Yee Works Co., Ltd. (Luchu), failed to participate in the investigation, there was no information to verify with respect to either company.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Preliminary Determination Memorandum at 3-4. \8\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Verification of Kopex Industrial Co., Ltd.,'' dated June 8, 2018. \9\ See Preliminary Determination, 83 FR at 22958. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Use of Adverse Facts Available The mandatory respondents Bothwell and Luchu failed to participate in this investigation.\10\ Therefore, in the Preliminary Determination, pursuant to sections 776(a)(1), 776(a)(2)(A)-(C), and 776(b) of the Act, we assigned Bothwell and Luchu a dumping rate based on AFA. No parties filed comments in opposition to our Preliminary Determination with respect to Bothwell and Luchu and there is no new information on the record that would cause us to revisit our preliminary AFA determination. Accordingly, we continue to find that the application of AFA pursuant to section 776(a) and (b) of the Act is warranted with respect to Bothwell and Luchu. In applying total AFA, we assigned to Bothwell's and Luchu's exports of the subject merchandise a rate of 116.17 percent, which is the only rate calculated in the Petition Amendment \11\ and which has been corroborated to the extent practicable within the meaning of section 776(c) of the Act.\12\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Preliminary Determination Memorandum at 4-8. \11\ See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan, Volume V, dated October 5, 2017 (the Petition); see also letter from the petitioners' re: Response to Supplemental Questionnaire, dated October 11, 2017 at 1- 2 (Petition Amendment). \12\ See Preliminary Determination Memorandum at 6-8. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- All-Others Rate As discussed in the Preliminary Determination, Commerce based the ``All-Others'' rate on the, as noted above, only dumping margin alleged in the Petition Amendment,\13\ in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act. We made no changes to the selection of this rate for this final determination. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \13\ See Petition and Petition Amendment; see also Preliminary Determination Memorandum at 8-9. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Final Determination The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Estimated weighted- Exporter or producer average dumping margin (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Both Well Steel Fittings Co., Ltd....................... 116.17 Luchu Shin Yee Works Co., Ltd........................... 116.17 All-Others.............................................. 116.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [[Page 36521]] Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final determination, we will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of forged steel fittings from Taiwan, as described in the Appendix to this notice, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after May 17, 2018, the date of publication in the Federal Register of the affirmative Preliminary Determination. Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Commerce will instruct CBP to require a cash deposit for such entries of merchandise equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margin or the estimated all-others rate, as follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the respondents listed above will be equal to the respondent-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margin determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a respondent identified above but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be equal to the respondent-specific estimated weighted- average dumping margin established for that producer of the subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other producers and exporters will be equal to the all-others estimated weighted-average dumping margin. Disclosure The estimated weighted-average dumping margins assigned to the mandatory respondents in this investigation in the Preliminary Determination were based on AFA. As these margins are based on the rate calculated in the Petition Amendment, and because we made no changes to these margins since the Preliminary Determination, no disclosure of calculations is necessary for this final determination. International Trade Commission Notification In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, we will notify the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the final affirmative determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the ITC will make its final determination as to whether the domestic industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports or sales (or the likelihood of sales) for importation of forged steel fittings, no later than 45 days after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated and all cash deposits posted will be refunded. If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, Commerce will issue an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on all imports of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of liquidation, as discussed above in the ``Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation'' section. Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders This notice will serve as a reminder to parties subject to an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of propriety information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. Notification to Interested Parties This determination is issued and published in accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(c). Dated: July 23, 2018. 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 Scope of the Investigation The merchandise covered by this investigation is carbon and alloy forged steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough forgings) or finished. Such fittings are made in a variety of shapes including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, couplings, reducers, caps, plugs, bushings, unions, and outlets. Forged steel fittings are covered regardless of end finish, whether threaded, socket-weld or other end connections. While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these specifications. The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of products included in applicable standards, and does not reference an exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not manufactured from casting. Pursuant to the applicable specifications, subject fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from seamless pipe and tube. All types of fittings are included in the scope regardless of nominal pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure rating (usually, but not necessarily expressed in pounds of pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not heat treated. Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges, butt weld fittings, butt weld outlets, nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 pounds of pressure/PSI or less. Also excluded are fittings certified or made to the following standards, so long as the fittings are not also manufactured to the specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM A182:American Petroleum Institute (API) API 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) SAE J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411 Underwriter's Laboratories (UL) certified electrical conduit fittings ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865 Casing Conductor Connectors 16-42 inches in diameter made to proprietary specifications Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-3541 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO6150-B To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate standard or pressure markings and/or accompanied by documentation showing product compliance to the applicable standard or pressure, e.g., ``API 5CT'' mark and/or a mill certification report. Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also may be entered under HTSUS 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, and 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive. [FR Doc. 2018-16194 Filed 7-27-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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public may address the Committee after Type of Request: Extension of a There are no changes to the MA–3000
the formal presentations have been currently approved collection. form, which is used to conduct the
completed. Persons interested in the Number of Respondents: 6,000. M3UFO survey.
issue are also invited to submit written Average Hours per Response: 30 The Census Bureau will use mail out/
comments; the comments must be minutes. mail back survey forms to collect the
received in the regional office by Friday, Burden Hours: 3,000. data with online reporting encouraged.
September 7, 2018. Written comments Needs and Uses: The data collected in Online response for the survey is
may be mailed to the Eastern Regional the Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders typically 70 percent. Companies are
Office, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, (M3UFO) Survey will be used to asked to respond to the survey within
1331 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 1150, benchmark the new and unfilled orders 30 days of receipt. The Census Bureau
Washington, DC 20425, faxed to (202) information published in the monthly mails letters encouraging participation
376–7548, or emailed to Evelyn Bohor at Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, to companies that have not responded
ebohor@usccr.gov. Persons who desire and Orders (M3) Survey. The M3 Survey within 30 days and later uses telephone
additional information may contact the collects monthly data on the value of follow-up to seek response from
Eastern Regional Office at (202) 376– shipments, inventories, and new and delinquent companies.
7533. unfilled orders from manufacturing Affected Public: Businesses or other
Records and documents discussed companies. The data are used by the for-profit.
during the meeting will be available for Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Frequency: Annually.
public viewing as they become available Council of Economic Advisers, the Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.
at http://facadatabase.gov/committee/ Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C.,
Federal Reserve Board, the Conference
meetings.aspx?cid=272 and clicking on Sections 131 and 182.
Board, and members of the business This information collection request
the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ and ‘‘Documents’’ community such as trade associations
links. Records generated from this may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov.
and the media to analyze business Follow the instructions to view
meeting may also be inspected and conditions in the manufacturing sector.
reproduced at the Eastern Regional Department of Commerce collections
The associated monthly M3 Survey currently under review by OMB.
Office, as they become available, both estimates are based on a panel of Written comments and
before and after the meeting. Persons approximately 5,000 reporting units that recommendations for the proposed
interested in the work of this advisory represent approximately 3,100 information collection should be sent
committee are advised to go to the companies and provide an indication of within 30 days of publication of this
Commission’s website, www.usccr.gov, month-to-month change for the notice to OIRA_Submission@
or to contact the Eastern Regional Office Manufacturing Sector. These reporting omb.eop.gov or fax to (202)395–5806.
at the above phone number, email or units may be divisions of diversified
street address. large companies, large homogenous Sheleen Dumas,
Agenda companies, or single-unit Departmental Lead PRA Officer, Office of the
manufacturers. The M3 estimates are Chief Information Officer.
Welcome and Introductions periodically benchmarked to [FR Doc. 2018–16182 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]
Jennifer Steinfeld, Chair, Rhode comprehensive data on the BILLING CODE 3510–07–P
Island Advisory Committee manufacturing sector from the Annual
Opening Statement Survey of Manufactures (ASM), the
Jennifer Steinfeld, Chair, Rhode Economic Census (shipments and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Island Advisory Committee inventories) and the M3UFO Survey,
Roundtable Meeting which is the subject of this notice. International Trade Administration
Invited Experts to Present Topical Unfilled orders data are not collected in [A–583–863]
Civil Rights Issues the ASM or the Economic Census. To
Open Comment obtain more accurate M3 estimates of Forged Steel Fittings From Taiwan:
Dated: July 25, 2018. unfilled orders, which are also used in Final Determination of Sales at Less
David Mussatt, deriving M3 estimates of new orders, we Than Fair Value
Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. conduct the M3UFO Survey annually to AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
[FR Doc. 2018–16179 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am] be used as the source for benchmarking International Trade Administration,
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M3 unfilled orders data. Industries that Department of Commerce.
maintain unfilled orders cannot fulfill
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
the order in the same month in which
(Commerce) determines that imports of
the order is received. This is not true for
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE forged steel fittings from Taiwan are
each industry, and occurs mainly in
being, or are likely to be, sold in the
Submission for OMB Review; industries where production takes
United States at less than fair value
Comment Request longer than one month. In order to
(LTFV). The period of investigation
reduce burden from our respondents,
(POI) is October 1, 2016, through
The Department of Commerce will the M3UFO data are used to determine
September 30, 2017. The final margins
submit to the Office of Management and which North American Industry
of sales at LTFV are listed below in the
Budget (OMB) for clearance the Classification System (NAICS)
‘‘Final Determination’’ section of this
following proposal for collection of industries continue to maintain unfilled
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notice.
information under the provisions of the orders. We then utilize that information
Paperwork Reduction Act. to only request unfilled orders on the DATES: Applicable July 30, 2018.
Agency: U.S. Census Bureau. monthly M3 survey from the NAICS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Title: Manufacturers’ Unfilled Orders industries that actually have unfilled Robert Palmer (202) 482–9068 or
Survey. orders which cannot be completed Suzanne Lam at (202) 482–0783, AD/
OMB Control Number: 0607–0561. within the same month that the order CVD Operations, Enforcement and
Form Number(s): MA–3000. was placed. Compliance, International Trade
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Continuation of Suspension of importation of forged steel fittings, no casting. Pursuant to the applicable
Liquidation later than 45 days after this final specifications, subject fittings may also be
determination. If the ITC determines machined from bar stock or machined from
In accordance with section seamless pipe and tube.
735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, for this final that such injury does not exist, this
proceeding will be terminated and all All types of fittings are included in the
determination, we will direct U.S. scope regardless of nominal pipe size (which
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to cash deposits posted will be refunded.
If the ITC determines that such injury may or may not be expressed in inches of
continue to suspend liquidation of all nominal pipe size), pressure rating (usually,
entries of forged steel fittings from does exist, Commerce will issue an
antidumping duty order directing CBP but not necessarily expressed in pounds of
Taiwan, as described in the Appendix to pressure/PSI, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M;
this notice, which are entered, or to assess, upon further instruction by
Commerce, antidumping duties on all 6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness,
withdrawn from warehouse, for and whether or not heat treated.
consumption on or after May 17, 2018, imports of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, Excluded from this scope are all fittings
the date of publication in the Federal entirely made of stainless steel. Also
Register of the affirmative Preliminary for consumption on or after the effective
date of the suspension of liquidation, as excluded are flanges, butt weld fittings, butt
Determination. weld outlets, nipples, and all fittings that
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of discussed above in the ‘‘Continuation of
have a maximum pressure rating of 300
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(d), Suspension of Liquidation’’ section.
pounds of pressure/PSI or less.
Commerce will instruct CBP to require Notification Regarding Administrative Also excluded are fittings certified or made
a cash deposit for such entries of Protective Orders to the following standards, so long as the
merchandise equal to the estimated This notice will serve as a reminder fittings are not also manufactured to the
weighted-average dumping margin or to parties subject to an administrative specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP–79,
the estimated all-others rate, as follows: protective order (APO) of their MSS SP–83, MSS SP–97, ASTM A105,
(1) The cash deposit rate for the responsibility concerning the ASTM A350, and ASTM A182:
respondents listed above will be equal disposition of propriety information • American Petroleum Institute (API) API
to the respondent-specific estimated disclosed under APO in accordance 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B
weighted-average dumping margin with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely • Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE)
determined in this final determination; written notification of return or SAE J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE J517,
(2) if the exporter is not a respondent destruction of APO materials, or SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE
identified above but the producer is, conversion to judicial protective order, J1453, SAE J1926, J2044 or SAE AS 35411
then the cash deposit rate will be equal is hereby requested. Failure to comply • Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) certified
to the respondent-specific estimated with the regulations and terms of an electrical conduit fittings
weighted-average dumping margin APO is a sanctionable violation. • ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865
established for that producer of the • Casing Conductor Connectors 16–42 inches
subject merchandise; and (3) the cash Notification to Interested Parties in diameter made to proprietary
deposit rate for all other producers and This determination is issued and specifications
exporters will be equal to the all-others published in accordance with sections • Military Specification (MIL) MIL–C–4109F
estimated weighted-average dumping 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 and MIL–F–3541
margin. CFR 351.210(c). • International Organization for
Disclosure Dated: July 23, 2018. Standardization (ISO) ISO6150–B
Gary Taverman, To be excluded from the scope, products
The estimated weighted-average must have the appropriate standard or
dumping margins assigned to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations, pressure markings and/or accompanied by
mandatory respondents in this documentation showing product compliance
performing the non-exclusive functions and
investigation in the Preliminary duties of the Assistant Secretary for to the applicable standard or pressure, e.g.,
Determination were based on AFA. As Enforcement and Compliance. ‘‘API 5CT’’ mark and/or a mill certification
these margins are based on the rate report.
calculated in the Petition Amendment, Appendix Subject carbon and alloy forged steel
and because we made no changes to Scope of the Investigation fittings are normally entered under
these margins since the Preliminary The merchandise covered by this Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
Determination, no disclosure of investigation is carbon and alloy forged steel States (HTSUS) 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000,
calculations is necessary for this final fittings, whether unfinished (commonly 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also
determination. known as blanks or rough forgings) or may be entered under HTSUS 7307.92.3010,
finished. Such fittings are made in a variety 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, and
International Trade Commission of shapes including, but not limited to,
Notification 7326.19.0010. The HTSUS subheadings and
elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, couplings,
specifications are provided for convenience
In accordance with section 735(d) of reducers, caps, plugs, bushings, unions, and
outlets. Forged steel fittings are covered and customs purposes; the written
the Act, we will notify the International regardless of end finish, whether threaded, description of the scope is dispositive.
Trade Commission (ITC) of the final socket-weld or other end connections. [FR Doc. 2018–16194 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]
affirmative determination of sales at While these fittings are generally BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
LTFV. Because Commerce’s final manufactured to specifications ASME
determination is affirmative, in B16.11, MSS SP–79, MSS SP–83, MSS SP–
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accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the 97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350, and ASTM
Act, the ITC will make its final A182, the scope is not limited to fittings
made to these specifications.
determination as to whether the The term forged is an industry term used
domestic industry in the United States to describe a class of products included in
is materially injured, or threatened with applicable standards, and does not reference
material injury, by reason of imports or an exclusive manufacturing process. Forged
sales (or the likelihood of sales) for steel fittings are not manufactured from
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