Forged Steel Fittings From India and the Republic of Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-533-891, A-580-904] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable November 12, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks or Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2670 or (202) 482-4880, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Petitions On October 23, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) received antidumping duty (AD) petitions concerning imports of forged steel fittings from India and the Republic of Korea (Korea), filed in proper form by Bonney Forge Corporation and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW) (collectively, the petitioners). [ 1 ] The Petitions were accompanied by a countervailing duty (CVD) petition concerning imports of forged steel fittings from India. [ 2 ] The petitioners are a domestic producer of forged steel fittings and a certified union that represents workers who produce forged steel fittings. [ 3 ] On October 28 and November 4, 2019, Commerce requested supplemental information pertaining to certain aspects of the Petitions in separate supplemental questionnaires. [ 4 ] The petitioners filed responses to the supplemental ques…