[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18005-18006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08575]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-883]
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of
Korea; 2017-2018; Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review, in part, of the antidumping duty order on
certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) for the period October 1, 2017, through
September 30, 2018.
DATES: Applicable April 29, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta or Genevieve Coen,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2593 or (202)
482-3251, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 1, 2018, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-
rolled steel from Korea.\1\ Pursuant to requests from interested
parties, Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to
eight companies for the period October 1, 2017, through September 30,
2018.\2\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines
affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22,
2018, through the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\3\ If
the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business day.
The tolled deadline for a party to withdraw a request for review was
April 22, 2019.\4\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 83 FR 49358 (October 1, 2018).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 63615 (December 11, 2018)
(Initiation).
\3\ See memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding
have been extended by 40 days.
\4\ Id.
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Withdrawal of Review Request
The petitioners timely withdrew their request for an administrative
review of five companies: Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.; Dongkuk Industries
Co., Ltd.; Marubeni-Itochu Steel Korea; Soon Hong Trading Co.; and
Sungjin Co.\5\ No other party requested review of these companies.
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\5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Partial Withdrawal
of Administrative Review Request,'' dated April 19, 2019.
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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation. Only the petitioners requested
review of these five companies. As such, all review requests have been
withdrawn for these companies, as detailed above. Therefore, Commerce
is rescinding this review with respect to those five companies, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). The review will continue with
respect to the other companies for which a review was requested and
initiated: Hyundai Steel Company, POSCO, and POSCO Daewoo
Corporation.\6\
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\6\ See Initiation at 63617.
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies
for which this review is rescinded, 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)(l)(i). Commerce
intends to issue appropriate assessment instruction to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice.
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
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
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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, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. 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. This notice is issued and
published in accordance with sections 751 and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: April 23, 2019.
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. 2019-08575 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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