[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 9998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3532]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-881]


Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Staebler Berton, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, Room 1870, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4037.

Background

    On December 3, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on malleable cast 
iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for 
the period of review (``POR'') December 1, 2006, through November 30, 
2007.\1\ On December 28, 2007, Beijing Sai Lin Ke Hardware Co., Ltd. 
(``SLK'') requested that the Department conduct a review of its sales 
and entries of subject merchandise into the United States during the 
POR. On December 31, 2007, Mueller Comercial de M[eacute]xico, S. de 
R.L. de C.V. (``Mueller'') requested that the Department conduct an 
administrative review of its sales and entries of subject merchandise 
into the United States during the POR. No other parties requested a 
review. On January 28, 2008, the Department published the Initiation 
Notice covering SLK and Mueller.\2\ On January 29, 2008, the Department 
sent interested parties U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 
data that the Department intended to rely upon in selecting the 
mandatory respondent. The Department invited interested parties to 
submit comments on this data no later than February 5, 2008. However, 
on January 30, 2008, SLK withdrew its request for review. On February 
6, 2008, Mueller withdrew its request for an administrative review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 72 FR 67889 (December 3, 2007).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 
4829 (January 28, 2008).
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Rescission of Review

    The Department's regulations at 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) provide that 
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that 
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of 
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested 
review, or withdraws its request at a later date if the Department 
determines that it is reasonable to extend the time limit for 
withdrawing the request. SLK and Mueller timely withdrew their requests 
before the 90-day deadline. Therefore, we are rescinding this review of 
the antidumping duty order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from 
the PRC covering the period December 1, 2006, through November 30, 
2007. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after publication of this rescission notice. The Department will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, 
or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).

Notification Regarding APOs

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 violation which is subject to sanction.
    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: February 15, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-3532 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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