[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 4301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00668]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-910]


Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016.

DATES: Effective January 13, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith or Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5193 or (202) 482-3518, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 12, 2016, based on a timely request for review by 
Wheatland Tube Company (``Wheatland''), the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe 
from the PRC with respect to 20 companies covering the period July 1, 
2015, through June 30, 2016.\1\ On December 12, 2016, Wheatland 
withdrew its request for an administrative review of all of the 
companies listed in its review request.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 62720 (September 12, 2016) 
(``Initiation Notice'').
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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 notice of initiation of the requested review. In this case, 
Wheatland timely withdrew its review request by the 90-day deadline, 
and no other party requested an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order.\2\ As a result, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from 
the PRC for the period July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016.
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    \2\ The 90-day deadline to withdraw a request for review was 
December 11, 2016. However, as December 11, 2016 was a Sunday, the 
deadline to withdraw a request for review was the next business day, 
December 12, 2016. See Notice of Clarification: Application of 
``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination 
Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 
24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
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 the 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. 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, 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 sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 9, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-00668 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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