[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47548-47549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19461]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-428-602


Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Notice of Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 27, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from 
Germany. The review covers one producer/exporter of brass sheet and 
strip from Germany, Wieland-Werke AG. Based on a withdrawal of the 
request for review from Wieland-Werke AG, the respondent and German 
manufacturer of brass sheet and strip, we are now

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rescinding this administrative review in full.

DATES: August 6, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or George McMahon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 
or (202) 482-1167, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 1, 2010, the Department published 
in the Federal Register the notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and 
strip from Germany for the period March 1, 2009, through February 28, 
2010. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
75 FR 9162 (March 1, 2010). On March 30, 2010, the Department received 
a request from Wieland-Werke AG, a German producer and exporter, that 
the Department conduct an administrative review covering brass sheet 
and strip from Germany. On April 27, 2010, the Department published in 
the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the 2009-2010 
administrative review of brass sheet and strip from Germany. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 22107 (April 27, 
2010). On June 2, 2010, the Department issued its antidumping duty 
questionnaire to Wieland-Werke AG. On July 22, 2010, Wieland-Werke AG 
withdrew its request for an administrative review.

Period of Review

    The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2009, through February 28, 
2010.

Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order covers shipments of brass sheet and strip, 
other than leaded and tinned, from Germany. The chemical composition of 
the covered products is currently defined in the Copper Development 
Association (C.D.A.) 200 Series or the Unified Numbering System 
(U.N.S.) C2000; this review does not cover products the chemical 
compositions of which are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In 
physical dimensions, the products covered by this review have a solid 
rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through 
0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge, 
regardless of width. Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-
to-length products are included. The merchandise is currently 
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although the HTSUS item 
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
Department's written description of the scope of this order remains 
dispositive.

Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review

    19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides 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 at a later date if the Department determines it is 
reasonable to extend the time limit for withdrawing the request. 
Wieland-Werke AG withdreaw its request for review within 90 days of 
April 27, 2010, the date of publication of notice of initiation of the 
requested review.

Assessment Instructions

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
company for which this review is rescinded, 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 publication of this notice.
    Notification to Importers
    This notice serves as a 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. 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.
    Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
    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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 2, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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