[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 636-637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-31489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-820]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe From Germany: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

DATES: January 6, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards or Angelica Mendoza, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8029 or (202) 482-3019, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on certain small 
diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe 
(seamless pressure pipe) from Germany for the period of review (POR) of 
August 1, 2012, through July 31, 2013.\1\ The Department received a 
timely request from United States Steel Corporation (petitioner), filed 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), for an administrative review of 
sales, shipments, or entries by certain companies subject to the 
antidumping duty order on seamless pressure pipe from Germany. On 
October 2, 2013, the Department published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless 
pressure pipe from Germany with respect to four companies: (1) Benteler 
Stahl/Rohr GmbH (also known as Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH); (2) ESW 
Roehrenwerke GmbH; (3) Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes--V & M Deutschland 
GmbH; and (4) Voestalpine AG and all affiliates (including, but not 
limited to, Voestalpine Tubulars GmbH & Co. KG and Voestalpine Rotec 
GmbH & Co. KG).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 78 FR 46573 (August 1, 2013).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
60834 (October 2, 2013); see also, Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 78 FR 67104 (November 8, 2013).
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    The Department stated in its initiation of this review that it 
intended to rely on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data to 
select respondents.\3\ We released the results of our CBP data query to 
the petitioners and one other interested party, Voestalpine AG, and 
invited them to comment on the CBP data.\4\ We received no comments on 
the CBP data. We did, however, receive a certification of no shipments 
from Voestalpine AG.\5\
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    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See Letter to All Interested Parties, from Angelica Mendoza, 
Program Manager, regarding ``Request for Comments on CBP Data,'' 
dated November 7, 2013.
    \5\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce, from Voestalpine 
AG, titled ``Voestalpine No Shipment Letter,'' dated November 17, 
2013.
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Rescission of Review

    19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) stipulates that the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review under this section, in whole or in part, if a 
party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of 
the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested 
review. As the only party that requested a review (the petitioners) 
withdrew the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the 
notice of initiation of the requested review, we are rescinding this 
review of the antidumping duty order on seamless pressure pipe from 
Germany pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).\6\
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    \6\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce, from Petitioner, 
titled ``Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
December 5, 2013.
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Assessment of Antidumping Duties

    We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
date of publication of this notice of rescission of administrative 
review. 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).

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. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties

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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(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.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 23, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-31489 Filed 1-3-14; 8:45 am]
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