MESSAGE NO: 2168113
DATE: 06 16 1992
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 580 - 813
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PERIOD COVERED:
06 15 1992
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LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATIONS: CERTAIN
S/S PIPE BUT-WELDED PIPE FITTINGS FM KOREA AND TAIWAN
ALSO, CASE A583-816
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
JUNE
15,
1992,
ITS
INITIATION
OF
ANTIDUMPING
DUTY
INVESTIGATIONS OF CERTAIN STAINLESS STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS
FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (KOREA) AND TAIWAN.
2.
THE PRODUCTS SUBJECT
TO
THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE STAINLESS
STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE
FITTINGS, WHETHER
FINISHED
OR UNFINISHED,
UNDER
14
INCHES
INSIDE
DIAMETER,
AND
DESIGNATED
UNDER
SPECIFICATION
ASTM A403/A403M-1991.
THE
SUBJECT
MERCHANDISE'S
DIMENSIONAL
SPECIFICATIONS
ARE
ANSI
B16.9-1986
AND
ANSI
B16.28-1986.
STAINLESS STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS ARE USED TO CONNECT PIPE
SECTIONS
IN
PIPING
SYSTEMS
WHERE
CONDITIONS
REQUIRE
WELDED
CONNECTIONS.
THE SUBJECT MERCHANDISE IS USED WHERE ONE
OR
MORE
OF
THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS IS
A FACTOR IN DESIGNING THE PIPING
SYSTEM:
(1) CORROSION
OF
THE
PIPING
SYSTEM
WILL
OCCUR
IF
MATERIAL OTHER THAN STAINLESS STEEL IS USED;
(2
) CONTAMINATION
OF
THE MATERIAL IN
THE
SYSTEM
BY
THE
SYSTEM ITSELF MUST
BE
PREVENTED; (3)
HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE PRESENT;
(4)
EXTREME
LOW
TEMPERATURES ARE PRESENT; (5) HIGH PRESSURES ARE CONTAINED WITHIN
THE SYSTEM.
STAINLESS STEEL BUTT-WELD PIPE FITTINGS COME
IN
A VARIETY
OF
SHAPES WITH THE FOLLOWING FIVE SHAPES THE
MOST BASIC:
"ELBOWS",
"TEES", "REDUCERS", "STUBS
ENDS",
AND
"CAPS".
THE
EDGES
OF
FINISHED FITTINGS
ARE
BEVELED.
THREADED, GROOVED,
AND
BOLTED
FITTINGS ARE EXCLUDED FROM THESE INVESTIGATIONS.
THE STAINLESS STEEL PIPE FITTINGS SUBJECT TO THESE INVESTIGATIONS
ARE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER SUBHEADING 7307.23.00
OF
THE
HARMONIZED
TARIFF SCHEDULE (HTS).
ALTHOUGH THE
HTS SUBHEADING IS
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND CUSTOMS PURPOSES, OUR
WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF
THE SCOPE OF THESE INVESTIGATIONS REMAINS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR
FURTHER
REPORTING
PURPOSES,
THESE
CASES
HAVE
BEEN
ASSEGNED INVESTIGATION NUMBERS A-580-813
(KOREA)
AND
A-583-816
(TAIWAN).
4.
IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
THEY
SHOULD
BE
REFERRED
TO
THE
IMPORT SPECIALIST
DIVISION,
OTHER
AGENCY
BRANCH,
CUSTOMS HEADQUARTERS AT
(202)
566-8651, OR
BY
EMAIL
TO
ATTRIBUTE "HQ
OAB."
THE IMPORTING
PUBLIC
AND
OTHER
INTERESTED PARTIES
SHOULD
CONTACT
STEFANIE
AMADEO
OF
THE
OFFICE
OF
ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE
TELEPHONE:
(202)
377-1174.
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN