1. Commerce has amended the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on cast iron soil pipe fittings from China. This amendment was published on 01/19/2018 in the Federal Register (83 FR 2768) and changes the cash deposit rate for certain producers and/or exporters.

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 7227303, dated 08/15/2017.

3. This proceeding has been assigned case number C-570-063.

4. For shipments of cast iron soil pipe fittings from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 12/19/2017, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the margins for the producers and/or exporters listed below:

Producer and/or Exporter: All-Others
Case number: C-570-063-000
Cash deposit rate: 8.12 %

Producer and/or Exporter: Wor-Biz International Trading Co., Ltd. (Anhui)
Case number: C-570-063-002
Subsidy rate: 7.37 %

Producer and/or Exporter: Shijiazhuang Chengmei Import & Export Co., Ltd.
Case number: C-570-063-003
Subsidy rate: 96.96%

5. Instructions for granting a request for a refund on any overcollection will be issued in a separate message.

6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by O VIII: JA.)

7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur