[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56417-56418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22997]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-828]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Italy: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to find that
Filmag Italia Spa (Filmag), an Italian producer/exporter of stainless
steel butt-weld pipe fittings, did not make sales of subject
merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review of
February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable October 22, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury, AD/CVD Operations, Office
VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0195.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 19, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
Preliminary Results and provided parties an opportunity to comment.\1\
A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised
by parties for the final results, may be found in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\1\ See Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018, 84 FR 16464 (April 19, 2019), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (collectively, Preliminary Results).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Administrative Review of
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is certain stainless steel
butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy.\3\ For a complete description of
the scope, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\3\ See Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings From Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines, 66 FR 11257
(February 23, 2001).
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by interested
parties are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues raised by parties is attached as the Appendix to this
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov,
and it 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed and
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical
in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and analysis of the comments
received from interested parties, we made certain changes to the margin
calculation for Filmag.\4\
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\4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 1 and 2.
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Final Results of Administrative Review
As a result of this administrative review, we determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period
February 1, 2017 through January 31, 2018:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Filmag Italia Spa.......................................... 0.00
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the margin calculations performed in this
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice,
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\5\
Because the
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weighted-average dumping margin of the sole respondent covered by this
administrative review is zero, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
entries covered by this review period without regard to antidumping
duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15
days after the publication date of the final results of this review.
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\5\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate
calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation
of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in
Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Filmag will be
that established in the final results of this administrative review;
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, a prior review, or in the investigation, but the manufacturer
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recent review period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be the all-others rate of 26.59 percent, the rate
established in the investigation of this proceeding.\6\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\6\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Italy, 65 FR
81830, 81831 (December 27, 2000).
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during the period of review. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: October 16, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
VII. Recommendation
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