[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11965-11966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05483]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-832]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and 
certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil for the period October 1, 
2016, through September 30, 2017, based on the timely withdrawal of the 
request for review.

DATES: Applicable March 19, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Brian Davis, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3931 or (202) 482-7924, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 4, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from 
Brazil for the period October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017.\1\ 
On October 30, 2017, Commerce received a timely request, in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), to 
conduct an administrative review of this antidumping duty order with 
respect to five companies and their affiliates from Nucor Corporation 
(Nucor), a domestic producer of carbon wire rod products.\2\ Based on 
this request, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, 
Commerce published a notice of initiation of the review in the Federal 
Register on December 7, 2017, in which we initiated reviews of the 
following companies: ArcelorMittal Brasil SA, Siderurgica Norte Brasil 
SA, Sinobras, Villares Metals SA, and Votorantim Siderurgica.\3\ On 
January 31, 2018, Nucor filed a timely withdrawal of its request for a 
review for each of the companies.\4\
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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 Petitioner Letter, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 
Rod from Brazil: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 
30, 2017 (Review Request).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 57705 (December 7, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice). See also Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil; 
Company Names in Forthcoming Initiation Notice,'' dated November 9, 
2017, which explains the difference in names between the Review 
Request and Initiation Notice.
    \4\ See Petitioner Letter, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 
Rod: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
January 31, 2018.
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the closure of the federal government from January 20 through January 
22, 2018. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in 
accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next 
business day. If we were not rescinding this review, the revised 
deadline for the preliminary results of review would be July 6, 2018.

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, Nucor withdrew its request for review by the 90-day deadline. 
Accordingly, in response to the timely filed withdrawal of the request 
for review and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are 
rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Brazil covering the period 
October 1, 2016, through September 30, 2017.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 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). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a 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

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of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of 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 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 which is 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 13, 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. 2018-05483 Filed 3-16-18; 8:45 am]
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