Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Class 150 Stainless Steel Threaded Pipe Fittings From Taiwan

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-583-822]

Termination of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Class 150

Stainless Steel Threaded Pipe Fittings From Taiwan

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michelle Frederick or Karla Whalen, Office of Antidumping

Investigations, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce,

14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230;

telephone (202) 482-0186 or 482-6309, respectively.

Scope of Investigation

The products covered by this investigation are Class 150 stainless

steel threaded (SST) pipe fittings, defined as cast or forged stainless

steel products used to connect pipe sections with an ability to

withstand normal pressure service (150 pounds per square inch (psi) at

350 degrees Fahrenheit and 300 psi at 20 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit) as

well as resistance to corrosion or extreme temperatures, or prevention

of metallic contamination to materials in the system. Included in the

scope of this investigation are both finished and unfinished Class 150

SST pipe fittings of any size. Unfinished Class 150 SST pipe fittings

are defined as those products that have been advanced after casting or

forging, but which require threading and machining to finish the

fittings; finished Class 150 SST pipe fittings are defined as those

products that have been formed in the shape of elbows, tees, reducers,

etc. and have been further advanced after casting or forging, and

require no further processing to be acceptable as a finished product to

the end user. Class 150 SST pipe fittings are composed of alloys

including, but not limited to, 304 and 316, and are manufactured in the

shape of 90-degree elbows, 45-degree elbows, street elbows, tees,

crosses, couplings, reducing couplings, half-couplings, caps, square

head plugs, hex head plugs, hex bushings, unions, locknuts, and welding

spuds. Excluded from the scope of investigation are SST pipe fittings

manufactured in the shape of nipples.

The products under investigation are currently classifiable under

subheadings 7307.19.9030, 7307.19.9060, 7307.19.9080, 7307.22.1000,

7307.22.5000, and 7307.29.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the

United States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope

of this investigation is dispositive.

Termination of Investigation

On July 28, 1994, the Department of Commerce (The Department)

published its final antidumping duty determination in the Federal

Register (59 FR 33432). In a letter dated July 22, 1994, petitioners,

Capital Manufacturing Co. and Alloy Stainless Products, Co., notified

the Department that they were withdrawing their August 2, 1993,

petition, and requested termination of the antidumping investigation. A

copy of this letter is available in the public file, located in room B-

099 of the main building of the Department of Commerce.

In accordance with 19 CFR 353.17(a), upon the petitioner's

withdrawal of the petition, the Department may terminate an

investigation after notice to all parties to the proceeding and after

consultation with the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Furthermore, the Department may not terminate an investigation unless

it concludes that termination is in the public interest. We have

notified all parties to the proceeding and consulted with the ITC.

Further, because no party has objected to termination, it is reasonable

to conclude that doing so will not disadvantage a U.S. industry

producing a like product. Consequently, we have concluded that

termination of the investigation is in the public interest.

Accordingly, we are terminating the antidumping investigation of Class

150 stainless steel threaded pipe fittings from Taiwan. This action is

taken pursuant to section 734(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as

amended, and 19 CFR 353.17(a).

Termination of Suspension of Liquidation

The Department of Commerce has instructed the U.S. Customs Service

to terminate suspension of liquidation of entries of Class 150

stainless steel threaded pipe fittings from Taiwan, entered or

withdrawn from the warehouse for consumption, on or after March 8,

1994. All estimated antidumping duties deposited on entries of the

subject merchandise shall be refunded and the bonds or other securities

released at the time of liquidation.

Dated: August 2, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-19538 Filed 8-9-94; 8:45 am]

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