[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15161-15162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to requests from Niples Del Norte S.A. de C.V. 
(``NDN''), Hylsa S.A. de C.V. (``Hylsa''), Mueller Comercial de Mexico, 
S. de R.L. de C.V (``Mueller'') and Productos Laminados de Monterrey, 
S.A. de C.V (``Prolamsa''), four Mexican manufacturers of circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe, and Southland Pipe Nipples Co., Inc. 
(``Southland''), an interested party, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico. See 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 76024 
(December 22, 2005). This administrative review covered the period 
November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005. We are now rescinding this 
review due to requests by parties to withdraw from the review and the 
Department's determination that Prolamsa did not have shipments of 
subject merchandise during the period of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Abdelali Elouaradia, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 7866, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0195 or (202) 482-1374, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    The Department published an antidumping duty order on circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico on November 2, 1992. See Notice 
of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea (``Korea''), Mexico, and 
Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value: Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 
(November 2, 1992). The Department published a notice of ``Opportunity 
to Request an Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order for 
the period November 1, 2004, through October 31, 2005, on November 1, 
2005. See 70 FR 65883. Respondents NDN, Hylsa, Prolamsa, Mueller, and 
interested party Southland requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded 
non-alloy steel pipe and tube from Mexico on November 30, 2005. In 
response to these requests, the Department published the initiation of 
the antidumping duty administrative review on circular welded non-alloy 
steel pipe from Mexico on December 22, 2005. See 70 FR 76024. The 
Department received requests for withdrawal from the administrative 
review from Mueller, NDN, and Southland on January 31, 2006. The 
Department received a request for withdrawal from the administrative 
review from Hylsa on February 27, 2006.
Prolamsa
    On December 14, 2005, the Department received a letter from 
respondent Prolamsa. The letter indicated that U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``CBP'') liquidated all of Prolamsa's entries of 
merchandise during the period of review that Prolamsa considered to be 
covered by the scope of the order. See Letter from Prolamsa to the 
Department, dated December 14, 2005. In response, the Department 
requested that Prolamsa provide data on all sales of merchandise made 
during the period of review that Prolamsa considered covered by the 
order; see Memorandum to the File from John Drury, Senior Case Analyst, 
dated December 19, 2005. Prolamsa provided the requested information; 
see Letter from Prolamsa to the Department, dated December 20, 2005. 
Petitioners filed comments regarding the information submitted by 
Prolamsa on January 23, 2006; see Letter from Petitioners to the 
Department, dated January 23, 2006. In response, Prolamsa requested 
that the Department determine whether the merchandise exported by 
Prolamsa during the period of review was merchandise subject to the 
scope of the order; see Letter from Prolamsa to the Department, dated 
February 6, 2006.
    Based on a review of the evidence on the record, the Department 
determined that Prolamsa had not sold merchandise subject to the order 
during the period of review. See Letter from the Department to 
Prolamsa, dated February 14, 2006.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a 
party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of 
the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested 
review. Additionally, the Secretary may rescind an administrative 
review, if the Secretary concludes that there were no entries or sales 
of subject merchandise during the POR. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). NDN, 
Mueller, Southland and Hylsa have withdrawn their requests in a timely 
manner, and the Department determined that Prolamsa did not have sales 
of subject merchandise during the period of review. Therefore, we are 
rescinding this review. The Department will issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to CBP within 15 days of publication of this 
notice.
    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 777(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 16, 2006.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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