Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Covered Merchandise Inquiry

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-570-814] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: In response to a covered merchandise referral by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) exported from Vietnam to the United States that were produced using rough fittings from China are not subject to the scope of the antidumping (AD) order. Additionally, Commerce preliminarily determines that butt-weld pipe fittings exported from Vietnam to the United States that were produced using unfinished fittings from China are subject to the scope of the AD order. DATES: Applicable June 23, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Miranda Bourdeau, AD/CVD Operations Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2021. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On September 26, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of a covered merchandise referral and the initiation of a covered merchandise inquiry to determine whether: (1) Chinese-origin unfinished fittings that only underwent the final stage of three production stages ( i.e., finishing processes) in Vietnam are within the scope of the Order; and (2) whether Chinese-origin rough …