[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25236-25237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-11399]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-867]


Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe From India: Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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 welded stainless 
pressure pipe from India for the period November 1, 2017, through 
October 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable May 31, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Berger, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2483.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 1, 2018, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
welded stainless pressure pipe from India.\1\ On November 30, 2018, 
Commerce received timely requests to conduct an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on welded stainless pressure pipe from 
India from

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the following firms: Hindustan Inox Limited (Hindustan) and Bhandari 
Foils & Tubes Ltd (Bhandari).\2\ Based on these requests, on February 
6, 2019, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review covering the period 
November 1, 2017, through October 31, 2018.\3\ On February 7, 2019, 
Hindustan submitted a timely request to withdraw its request for 
administrative review.\4\ On February 12, 2019, Bhandari submitted a 
timely request to withdraw its request for administrative review.\5\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 54912 (November 1, 2018).
    \2\ See Hindustan's letter, ``Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe 
from India: Request for Administrative Review of Anti-Dumping Duty 
of Hindustan Inox Limited,'' dated November 30, 2018; and Bhandari's 
letter, ``Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India: Request for 
Administrative Review of Anti-Dumping Duty of Bhandari Foils & Tubes 
Ltd.,'' dated November 30, 2018.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 2159 (February 6, 2019) (Initiation 
Notice). 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. 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. Accordingly, the Initiation Notice was issued once operations 
resumed.
    \4\ See Hindustan's letter, ``Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe 
from India: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Anti-
Dumping Duty of Hindustan Inox Limited.,'' dated February 7, 2019.
    \5\ See Bhandari's letter, ``Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from 
India: Withdrawal of Request for Antidumping Duty Admin Review of 
Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd.,'' dated February 12, 2019.
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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 the party or parties who 
requested the review withdraw(s) the request within 90 days of the date 
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
Hindustan and Bhandari timely withdrew their requests for an 
administrative review, and no other party requested a review of these 
companies. As Hindustan and Bhandari are the only two firms upon which 
Commerce initiated the instant review, we are rescinding this review in 
its entirety, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of welded 
stainless pressure pipe 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 the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, if 
appropriate.

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 and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's 
presumption that reimbursement of the antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an 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 Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: April 16, 2019.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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