[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 57 (Monday, March 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15180-15181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05988]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-838]


Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on seamless refined 
copper pipe and tube from Mexico for the period November 1, 2015, 
through October 31, 2016.

DATES: Effective March 27, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or George Ayache, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 
482-2623, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 4, 2016, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico for the 
period of review (POR) November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016.\1\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 81 FR 76,920 (November 4, 2016).
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    On November 30, 2016, the Ad Hoc Coalition for Domestically 
Produced Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube (the petitioner) \2\ 
requested an administrative review of the order with respect to entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR.\3\ On February 13, 2017, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative 
review of the order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from 
Mexico with respect to: (1) Nacional de Cobre, S.A. de C.V.; (2) IUSA, 
S.A. de C.V.; and, (3) GD Affiliates S. de R.L. de C.V.\4\ On March 14, 
2017, the petitioner withdrew its request for an administrative review 
of all three companies listed in the Initiation Notice.\5\ No other 
party requested an administrative review of this order.
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    \2\ The individual members are Cerro Flow Products, LLC, Wieland 
Copper Products, LLC, Mueller Copper Tube Products, Inc., and 
Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc.
    \3\ See the petitioner's submission, ``Seamless Refined Copper 
Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Request for Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated November 30, 2016.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 10457 (February 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See the petitioner's submission, ``Seamless Refined Copper 
Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated March 14, 2017.
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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, the 
petitioner timely withdrew its request by the 90-day deadline, and no 
other party requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order. Therefore, we are rescinding the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on seamless refined copper pipe and tube from 
Mexico for the period November 1, 2015, through October 31, 2016, in 
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entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    The Department intends to instruct U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of seamless refined copper pipe and tube from Mexico during the 
POR 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 41 days 
after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    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.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    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 violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We intend to issue and publish this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 20, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-05988 Filed 3-24-17; 8:45 am]
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