[Federal Register: December 12, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 239)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-881]
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings From
the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Antidumping Duty Order.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anya Naschak, Helen Kramer, or Ann
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Barnett-Dahl at (202) 482-6375, (202) 482-0405, or (202) 482-3833,
respectively; Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group
III, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of Order
For purposes of this order, the products covered are certain
malleable iron pipe fittings, cast, other than grooved fittings, from
the People's Republic of China. The merchandise is classified under
item numbers 7307.19.90.30, 7307.19.90.60 and 7307.19.90.80 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTSUS). Excluded from the scope of this
order are metal compression couplings, which are imported under HTSUS
number 7307.19.90.80. A metal compression coupling consists of a
coupling body, two gaskets, and two compression nuts. These products
range in diameter from 1/2 inch to 2 inches and are carried only in
galvanized finish. Although HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) purposes, the
Department's written description of the scope of this proceeding is
dispositive.
Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 735(a) of the Act, the Department made
its final determination that malleable iron pipe fittings (MPF) from
the People's Republic of China (the PRC) is being sold at less-than-
fair-value (LTFV). See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings from the PRC, 68
FR 61395 (October 28, 2003). Subsequently, the Department amended its
final determination of the antidumping duty investigation of MPF from
the PRC to correct certain ministerial errors in the final margin
calculation. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value: Certain Malleable Iron Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China, 68 FR 65873 (November 24, 2003). On December 3,
2003, the International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department
of Commerce (the Department) of its final determination, pursuant to
section 735(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), that the industry in the United States producing MPF is
threatened with material injury by reason of import of the subject
merchandise from the PRC. In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the
Act, the Department will direct CBP to assess, upon further advice by
the administering authority, antidumping duties equal to the amount by
which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the U.S. price of the
merchandise for all relevant entries of MPF from the PRC.
Section 736(b)(2) of the Act provides that duties shall be assessed
on subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of
final determination if that determination is based on the threat of
material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that injury would
have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of liquidation of
entries since the Department's preliminary determination. In addition,
section 736(b)(2) of the Act requires CBP to refund any cash deposits
or bonds of estimated antidumping duties posted since the Department's
preliminary antidumping determination if the ITC's final determination
is based on a threat of material injury.
Because the ITC's final determination in this case is based on the
threat of material injury and is not accompanied by a finding that
injury would have resulted but for the imposition of suspension of
liquidation of entries since the Department's preliminary
determination, section 736(b)(2) of the Act is applicable to this
order. Therefore, the Department will direct CBP to assess, upon
further advice, antidumping duties on all unliquidated entries of MPF
from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on
or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination of threat of material injury in the Federal Register and
terminate the suspension of liquidation for entries of MPF from the PRC
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption prior to that
date. The Department will also instruct CBP to refund any cash deposits
made, or bonds posted, between the period 90 days prior to the
publication date of the Department's preliminary antidumping
determination and the publication of the ITC's final determination.
On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, CBP must require, at the same time as importers would
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit
equal to the estimated weighted-average antidumping duty margins noted
below:
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Margin
Exporter/Manufacturer [chyph](percent)
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Jinan Meide Casting Co., Ltd.......................... 11.31
Beijing Sai Lin Ke Hardware Co. Ltd................... 15.92
Langfang Pannext Pipe [chyph]Fitting Co., Ltd......... 7.35
Chengde Malleable Iron General Factory................ 11.18
SCE Co., Ltd.......................................... 11.18
PRC-Wide.............................................. 111.36
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The ``PRC-wide'' rate applies to all exporters in the PRC of
subject merchandise not specifically listed above.
This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
MPF from the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, room B-099
of the main Commerce building, for copies of an updated list of the
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: December 5, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E3-00548 Filed 12-11-03; 8:45 am]
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