[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10216-10217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4713]


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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 the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER CONTACT INFORMATION: Brian 
D. Behringer, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2009, 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''). See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 74 FR 
62743 (December 1, 2009). On December 31, 2009, Mueller Comercial de 
M[eacute]xico, S. De R.L. de C.V. (``Mueller'') and Southland Pipe 
Nipples Company, Inc. (``Southland'') requested that the Department 
conduct an administrative review of Mueller's exports to the

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United States for the period December 1, 2008, through November 30, 
2009. Pursuant to this request, the Department published a notice of 
the initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the PRC. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 4770 (January 29, 2010).

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that 
requested a review withdraw the requests within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. On January 12, 2010, Mueller 
and Southland timely withdrew their request that the Department conduct 
an administrative review of Mueller's entries of subject merchandise, 
and no other interested party requested a review of this company. 
Therefore, the Department is rescinding this administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on malleable cast iron pipe fittings from 
the PRC covering the period December 1, 2008, through November 30, 
2009, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed 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). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the publication 
of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.402(f)(3), failure to comply with this requirement could result in 
the Secretary's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also 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 and as explained in the APO 
itself. 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 25, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-4713 Filed 3-4-10; 8:45 am]
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