[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76976-76977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-21999]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-588-850


Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe from Japan: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from United States Steel Corporation, 
the Department of Commerce initiated an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain large diameter carbon and alloy 
seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan, covering the 
period June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006. Because this request was 
later withdrawn, we are rescinding the review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Saliha Loucif at (202) 482-1779; AD/
CVD Operations Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street & 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 26, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published, in the Federal Register, the antidumping duty order on 
certain large diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and 
pressure pipe (seamless pipe) from Japan. See Notice of Antidumping 
Duty Orders: Certain Large Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, 
Line and Pressure Pipe from Japan; and Certain Small Diameter Carbon 
and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe From Japan and the 
Republic of South Africa, 65 FR 39360 (June 26, 2000).
    On June 2, 2006, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order of 
seamless pipe for the period of review covering June 1, 2005, through 
May 31, 2006 (the period of review). See Antidumping or Countervailing 
Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 32032 (June 2, 2006).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), on June 30, 2006, United 
States Steel Corporation (the petitioner) requested an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on seamless pipe from Japan, for 
JFE Steel

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Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK Tubes, and Sumitomo Metal 
Industries, Ltd. (collectively, the respondents). None of the 
respondents requested a review. On July 27, 2006, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published in the Federal Register 
the initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping order on 
seamless pipe from Japan. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 71 FR 42626 (July 27, 2006). On August 1, 2006, the Department 
issued its antidumping questionnaire. In August 2006, respondents 
submitted letters claiming that they did not have sales of subject 
merchandise during the period of review. On November 28, 2006, the 
petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative review of 
seamless pipe from Japan.

Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations at 351.213(d)(1) provide that the 
Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that 
requested the review withdraws its request for a review within 90 days 
of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested 
review. The regulations further provide that the Secretary ``may extend 
this time limit if the Secretary decides that it is reasonable to do 
so.'' Although the petitioner's November 28, 2006, withdrawal request 
for this review was not within the 90-day time limit as prescribed in 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we find that, under the circumstances of this 
review, it is appropriate to accept the withdrawal request and rescind 
the review. In response to the Department's August 1, 2006, antidumping 
questionnaire, the respondents have claimed no shipments of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the period of review, and, 
therefore, the Department has neither issued supplemental 
questionnaires nor conducted verification at this point in the 
proceeding. Continuing the review would only require the petitioner, 
respondents, and the Department to expend time and resources on a 
review in which the only party that requested the review is no longer 
interested.
    Accordingly, the Department does not believe the administrative 
review has proceeded to a point at which it would be ``unreasonable'' 
to rescind the review. The Department, therefore, finds that it is 
reasonable to extend the 90-day time limit and to rescind the 
administrative review. The Department will issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection after 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 return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return/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 issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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