[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52759-52760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20756]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-602]


Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and 
strip from Germany for the period March 1, 2012, through February 28, 
2013.

DATES: Effective Date: August 26, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George McMahon, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1167.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 2013, the Department initiated an administrative review 
of brass sheet and strip from Germany covering the period March 1, 
2012, through February 28, 2013,\1\ based on a request by 
Petitioners.\2\ The review covers ten companies.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
25418 (May 1, 2013) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ Petitioners are: GBC Metals, LLC of Global Brass and Copper, 
Inc., dba Olin Brass, Heyco Metals, Inc., Aurubis Buffalo, Inc., PMX 
Industries, Inc. and Revere Copper Products, Inc.
    \3\ See Initiation Notice, 78 FR at 25420.
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    Petitioners timely withdrew their request for an administrative 
review of these companies on July 30, 2013.

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 party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of 
the Initiation Notice. In this case, Petitioners withdrew their request 
within the 90-day deadline and no other parties requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order. Therefore, we are 
rescinding the administrative review of brass sheet and strip from 
Germany covering the period March 1, 2012, through February 28, 2013, 
of the ten companies listed in the Initiation Notice.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all entries of brass sheet and 
strip from Germany during the period of review. Because the Department 
is rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, the entries 
to which this administrative review pertained shall be assessed 
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). 
The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.

Notifications

    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.

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    Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the 
Department's presumption that reimbursement of the antidumping duties 
occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a final 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 violation that is 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published 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 19, 2013.
Gary Taverman,
Senior Advisor for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-20756 Filed 8-23-13; 8:45 am]
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