Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Final Determination 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: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings (butt-weld pipe fittings) exported from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) to the United States that were produced using fittings from the People's Republic of China (China) that undergo the first stage of production in China (rough fittings) and the second and third stages of production in Vietnam are not subject to the scope of the antidumping duty order on butt-weld pipe fittings from China based on the evidence on the record in this inquiry. Additionally, Commerce determines that butt-weld pipe fittings from China that undergo the first and second stages of production in China (unfinished fittings) and the third stage of production in Vietnam are subject to the scope of the antidumping duty order. DATES: Applicable October 10, 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 June 23, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of this covered merchandise inquiry, determining that: (1) Chinese-origin unfinished fitting…