[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 7015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03161]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-846]


Hot-Rolled Steel Products From Brazil: Rescission of 2016 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled 
steel products from Brazil for the period of review (POR) January 15, 
2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable: February 16, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ross Belliveau or William Miller, AD/
CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4952 or (202) 
482-3906, respectively.

Background

    On October 4, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on hot-rolled steel products from Brazil for 
the POR.\1\ On October 31, 2017, Commerce received a timely request 
from Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A. (CSN), in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) and 19 
CFR 351.213(b), to conduct an administrative review of this 
countervailing duty order.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 46217 (October 4, 2017).
    \2\ See Letter from CSN, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Products from 
Brazil: Request for Review--2016 Review Period,'' dated October 31, 
2017.
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    On December 7, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation with respect to CSN.\3\ On January 23, 2018, CSN 
timely withdrew its request for an administrative review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 57705 (December 7, 2017).
    \4\ See Letter from CSN, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Products from 
Brazil: Withdraw of Review Request,'' dated January 23, 2018.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, CSN withdrew its request for review by the 90-day deadline, and 
no other party requested an administrative review of this order. 
Therefore, we are rescinding the administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on hot-rolled steel products from Brazil 
covering the period January 15, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. Countervailing 
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of 
estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice serves as the only 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 9, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2018-03161 Filed 2-15-18; 8:45 am]
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