[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1590-1591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-637]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-820]
Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands From
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final results of first antidumping duty
administrative review.
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SUMMARY: On October 14, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on Certain Compact Ductile Iron
Waterworks Fittings and Glands (``CDIW'') from the People's Republic of
China (64 FR 55697). The review covers shipments to the United States
by one exporter of the subject merchandise, Beijing Metals and Minerals
Import and Export Corporation, (``BMMIEC''), during the period
September 1, 1997, through August 31, 1998.
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on our
preliminary results and received no comments. The final results remain
unchanged from the preliminary results. The final weighted-average
dumping margin for the reviewed firm is listed below in the section
entitled ``Final Results of Review.''
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 11, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyman Armstrong or Paige Rivas, AD/CVD
Enforcement Group II, Office IV, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3601 or (202) 482-0651 respectively.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the
regulations at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 14, 1999, the Department published the preliminary
results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
Certain Compact Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings and Glands (``CDIW'')
from the People's Republic of China (64 FR 55697). We invited
interested parties to comment and received no comments. The Department
has now completed this review in accordance with section 751 of the Act
and section 351.213 of its regulations.
Scope of Review
The products subject to this antidumping duty order are: (1)
Certain compact ductile iron waterworks (CDIW) fittings of 3 to 16
inches nominal diameter regardless of shape, including bends, tees,
crosses, wyes, reducers, adapters, and other shapes, whether or not
cement line, and whether or not covered with bitumen or similar
substance, conforming to American Water Works Association/American
National Standards Institute (AWWA/ANSI) specification C153/A21.53, and
rated for water working pressure of 350 PSI; and (2) certain CDIW
standard ductile iron glands for fittings in sizes 3 to 16 inches,
conforming to AWWA/ANSI specification C111/A21.11 and rated for water
working pressure of 350 PSI. All accessory packs (including accessory
packs containing glands), are excluded from the scope of this order.
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The types of CDIW fittings covered by this order are compact
ductile iron mechanical joint waterworks fittings and compact ductile
iron push-on joint waterwork fittings, both of which are used for the
same application. CDIW fittings are used to join water main pressure
pipes, valves, or hydrants in straight lines, and change, divert,
divide, or direct the flow of raw and/or treated water in piping
systems. CDIW fittings attach to the pipe, valve, or hydrant at a joint
and are used principally for municipal water distribution systems. CDIW
glands are used to join mechanical joint CDIW fittings to pipes.
CDIW fittings with nominal diameters greater than 16 inches, are
specifically excluded from the scope of the order. Nonmalleable cast
iron fittings (also called gray iron fittings) and full-bodied ductile
fittings are also specifically excluded from the scope of this order.
Nonmalleable cast iron fittings have little ductility and are generally
rated only 150 to 250 PSI. Full-bodied ductile fittings have a longer
body design than a compact fitting because in the compact design the
straight section of the body is omitted to provide a more compact and
less heavy fitting without reducing strength or flow characteristics.
In addition, the full-bodied ductile fittings are thicker walled than
the compact fittings.
Full-bodied fittings are made of either gray iron or ductile iron,
in sizes of 3 to 48 inches, conform to AWWA/ANSI specification C110/
C21.10, and are rated to a maximum of only 250 PSI. In addition,
compact ductile iron flanged fittings are excluded from the scope of
this order, as they have significantly different characteristics and
uses than CDIW fittings.
CDIW fittings are classifiable under subheading 7307.19.30.00 of
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Standard
ductile iron glands are classifiable under HTSUS subheading
7325.99.10.00. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
Final Results of Review
The final results remain unchanged from the preliminary results as
the Department used the same methodology described in the preliminary
results. As a result of our comparison of export price to normal value,
we determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists:
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Manufacturer/Exporter Margin
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Beijing Metals and Minerals Import and .09 percent (de minimis).
Export Corporation.
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The Department shall determine, and Customs shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), we have calculated an importer-specific duty assessment
rate by dividing the total amount of dumping margins calculated for
sales to each importer by the total number of units of those same sales
sold to that importer. The unit dollar amount will be assessed
uniformly against each unit of merchandise of that specific importer's
entries during the POR. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we
also will instruct Customs to liquidate without regard to antidumping
duties any entries for which the importer-specific antidumping duty
assessment rate is de minimis, i.e., less than 0.5 percent. The
Department will issue appraisement instructions directly to Customs.
Furthermore, the following deposit requirements will be effective
upon publication of the final results of this antidumping duty
administrative review for all shipments of the subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
publication date, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) For
BMMIEC, which has a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be zero;
(2) for any previously reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporter with a
separate rate (including those companies for which we terminated the
review), the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific rate
established for the most recent period; (3) the cash deposit rate for
all other PRC exporters will continue to be 127.38 percent, the PRC-
wide rate established in the LTFV investigation; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise from the PRC
will be the rate applicable to the PRC supplier of that exporter. These
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until publication of
the final results of the next administrative review.
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 this review period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
This administrative review is issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: January 5, 2000.
Robert S. LaRussa,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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