한국산 단조강 관이음쇠 (Forged Steel Fittings) 반덤핑 제소

Forged Steel Fittings from India (AD/CVD) and the Republic of Korea (AD)

The Bonney Forge Corporation and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (“USW”) (collectively “Petitioners”), have filed antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions on imports of Forged Steel Fittings from India (AD/CVD) and the Republic of Korea (AD). The scope of the petitions is provided below. 

Petitioners have requested AD duties as described below, as well as CVD duties from India to offset alleged Indian subsidies.

Country                AD Duties Requested

India                     45.03 to 198.67 percent

Korea                   114.47 percent

Identified Korean Producers/Exporters

• BK Metal Co., Ltd.

• KJF Co., Ltd.

• Samwon Tech Co., Ltd.

• Samyoung Fitting Co. Ltd.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will initiate the investigations on 11/12/2019, and the US International Trade Commission (ITC) will hold a public preliminary conference in Washington, DC on 11/13/2019, in which interested parties (US producers, importers, purchasers, and foreign producers/exporters) may testify and answer ITC staff questions about the forged steel fittings industry and market. The remaining estimated schedule is below (showing the earliest and latest possible dates).

Event	Current Deadline (could be extended)	Extended Deadline
Petition	10/23/2019	10/23/2019
DOC Initiation	11/12/2019	11/12/2019
ITC Preliminary Conference	11/13/2019	11/13/2019
ITC Prelim Determination	12/9/2019	12/9/2019
DOC Preliminary CVD Determination (*cash deposits required for imports*)	1/16/2020	3/6/2020
DOC Preliminary AD Determination	3/31/2020	5/20/2020
DOC Final CVD Determination	3/31/2020	6/4/2020
DOC Final AD Determination	6/15/2020	10/2/2020
ITC Hearing	Early April 2020	Early June 2020
ITC Final Injury Determination for CVD	5/15/2020	7/20/2020
ITC Final Injury Determination for AD	7/29/2020	11/16/2020
CVD Order	5/22/2020	7/27/2020
AD Order	8/5/2020	11/23/2020

Scope of the Petitions:

The merchandise covered by these investigations is carbon and alloy forged steel fittings, whether unfinished (commonly known as blanks or rough forgings) or finished. Such fittings are made in a variety of shapes including, but not limited to, elbows, tees, crosses, laterals, couplings, reducers, caps, plugs, bushings, unions, and outlets. Forged steel fittings are covered regardless of end finish, whether threaded, socket-weld or other end connections. The scope includes integrally reinforced forged branch outlet fittings, regardless of whether they have one or more ends that is a socket welding, threaded, butt welding end, or other end connections.

While these fittings are generally manufactured to specifications ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM A182, the scope is not limited to fittings made to these specifications.

The term forged is an industry term used to describe a class of products included in applicable standards, and it does not reference an exclusive manufacturing process. Forged steel fittings are not manufactured from castings. Pursuant to the applicable standards, fittings may also be machined from bar stock or machined from seamless pipe and tube.

All types of forged steel fittings are included in the scope regardless of nominal pipe size (which may or may not be expressed in inches of nominal pipe size), pressure class rating (expressed in pounds of pressure, e.g., 2,000 or 2M; 3,000 or 3M; 6,000 or 6M; 9,000 or 9M), wall thickness, and whether or not heat treated.

Excluded from this scope are all fittings entirely made of stainless steel. Also excluded are flanges, nipples, and all fittings that have a maximum pressure rating of 300 pounds per square inch/PSI or less.

Also excluded from the scope are fittings certified or made to the following standards, so long as the fittings are not also manufactured to the specifications of ASME B16.11, MSS SP-79, MSS SP-83, MSS SP-97, ASTM A105, ASTM A350 and ASTM A182:

• American Petroleum Institute (API) 5CT, API 5L, or API 11B;

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) B16.9;

• Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) SP-75;

• Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE) J476, SAE J514, SAE J516, SAE

J517, SAE J518, SAE J1026, SAE J1231, SAE J1453, SAE J1926, J2044 or SAE

AS 35411;

• Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) certified electrical conduit fittings;

• ASTM A153, A536, A576, or A865;

• Casing Conductor Connectors 16-42 inches in diameter made to proprietary specifications

• Military Specification (MIL) MIL-C-4109F and MIL-F-3541; and

• International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO6150-B.

To be excluded from the scope, products must have the appropriate standard or pressure markings and/or be accompanied by documentation showing product compliance to the applicable standard or pressure, e.g., “API 5CT” mark and/or a mill certification report.

Subject carbon and alloy forged steel fittings are normally entered under HTSUS 7307.92.3010, 7307.92.3030, 7307.92.9000, 7307.93.3010, 7307.93.3040, 7307.93.6000, 7307.93.9010, 7307.93.9040, 7307.93.9060, 7307.99.1000, 7307.99.3000, 7307.99.5045, and 7307.99.5060. They also may be entered under HTSUS 7326.19.0010.

The HTSUS subheadings and specifications are provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written description of the scope is dispositive.