[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44031-44033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-17838]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-933]
Frontseating Service Valves From the People's Republic of China;
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 8, 2015, the Department of Commerce (``the
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative
review of the antidumping duty on frontseating service valves from the
People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The period of review is April
1, 2013, through April 28, 2014. The review covers one exporter of the
subject merchandise, Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd. (``Sanhua''). We find
that Sanhua made no sales in the United States at prices below normal
value. None of the interested parties submitted case or rebuttal
briefs. Therefore, we made no changes to our margin calculations for
Sanhua. The final weighted-average dumping margin for this review is
listed below in the section entitled ``Final Results of the Review.''
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\1\ See Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic
of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 18811 (April 8, 2015) (``Preliminary
Results'').
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DATES: Effective date: July 24, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce,
14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482-4243.
Background
On April 8, 2015, the Department published the preliminary results
of the subject administrative review of the order.\2\ At that time, we
invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary results.
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\2\ Id.
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Subsequent to the Preliminary Results, Sanhua placed comments on
the record concerning the Preliminary Results \3\ in lieu of a case
brief. No other party provided comments on our Preliminary Results.
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\3\ See letter from Sanhua, ``Frontseating Service Valves from
the People's Republic of China; A-570-933; Comments by Zhejiang
Sanhua Co., Ltd. Regarding the Preliminary Results,'' dated May 8,
2015 (``Sanhua's Comment Letter'').
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is frontseating service
valves, assembled or unassembled, complete or incomplete, and certain
parts thereof. Frontseating service valves contain a sealing surface on
the front side of the valve stem that allows the indoor unit or outdoor
unit to be isolated from the refrigerant stream when the air
conditioning or refrigeration unit is being serviced. Frontseating
service valves rely on an elastomer seal when the stem cap is removed
for servicing and the stem cap metal to metal seat to create this seal
to the atmosphere during normal operation.
For purposes of the scope, the term ``unassembled'' frontseating
service valve means a brazed subassembly requiring any one or more of
the following processes: The insertion of a valve core pin, the
insertion of a valve stem and/or O ring, the application or
installation of a stem cap, charge port cap or tube dust cap. The term
``complete'' frontseating service valve means a product sold ready for
installation into an air conditioning or refrigeration unit. The term
``incomplete'' frontseating service valve means a product that when
sold is in multiple pieces, sections, subassemblies or components and
is incapable of being installed into an air conditioning or
refrigeration unit as a single, unified valve without further assembly.
The major parts or components of frontseating service valves
intended to be covered by the scope under the term ``certain parts
thereof'' are any brazed subassembly consisting of any two or more of
the following components: A valve body, field connection tube, factory
connection tube or valve charge port. The valve body is a rectangular
block, or brass forging, machined to be hollow in the interior, with a
generally square shaped seat (bottom of body). The field connection
tube and factory connection tube consist of copper or other metallic
tubing, cut to length, shaped and brazed to the valve body in order to
create two ports, the factory connection tube and the field connection
tube, each on opposite sides of the valve assembly body. The valve
charge port is a service port via which a hose connection can be used
to charge or evacuate the refrigerant medium or to monitor the system
pressure for diagnostic purposes.
The scope includes frontseating service valves of any size,
configuration, material composition or connection type. Frontseating
service valves are classified under subheading 8481.80.1095, and also
have been classified under subheading 8415.90.80.85, of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). It is possible for
frontseating service valves to be manufactured out of primary materials
other than copper and brass, in which case they would be classified
under HTSUS subheadings 8481.80.3040, 8481.80.3090, or 8481.80.5090. In
addition, if unassembled or incomplete frontseating service valves are
imported, the various parts or components would be classified under
HTSUS subheadings 8481.90.1000, 8481.90.3000, or 8481.90.5000. The
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes,
but the written description of the scope of this proceeding is
dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
Sanhua noted that the draft liquidation instructions issued
subsequent to the Preliminary Results incorrectly identified the
importer of record,\4\ and requested that the Department correct its
liquidation instructions accordingly.\5\ We agree, and we will revise
the final liquidation instructions to include the correct importer
name.
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\4\ Id., at 2.
\5\ Id., at 5.
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Final Results of the Review
We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin
exists for the period April 1, 2013, through April 28, 2014:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter margin
(percent)
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Zhejiang Sanhua Co., Ltd.................................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
The Department shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (``CBP'') shall assess, antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review pursuant to section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b).\6\ The final results of
this review shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties
on entries of merchandise covered by the final results of this review.
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
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\6\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14,
2012).
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We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review for each individual
assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review that is
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent). Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to
antidumping duties any entries for which the assessment rate is de
minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent).
Consistent with its assessment practice in non-market economy
(``NME'') antidumping cases,\7\ for entries that were not reported in
the U.S. sales databases submitted by companies individually examined
during this review, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the NME-wide rate. In addition, if the Department determines
that an exporter under review had no shipments of subject merchandise,
any suspended entries that entered under that exporter's case number
(i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be liquidated at the NME-wide
rate. For a full discussion of this practice, see NME Antidumping
Proceedings.
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\7\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694, 65694-95 (October 24, 2011)
(``NME Antidumping Proceedings'').
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Because the antidumping duty order on frontseating service valves
from the PRC has been revoked,\8\ the Department will not issue cash
deposit instructions at the conclusion of this administrative review.
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\8\ See Frontseating Service Valves from the People's Republic
of China: Final Results of Sunset Review and Revocation of
Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 27573 (May 14, 2014).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) 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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice serves as a
reminder to parties subject to
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administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
the APO. Timely written notification of the 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.
These final results of review and notice are published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: July 14, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-17838 Filed 7-23-15; 8:45 am]
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