[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27245-27246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12393]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-001]


Potassium Permanganate From the People's Republic of China: 
Rescission of 2018 Antidumping 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 antidumping duty order on potassium 
permanganate from the People's Republic of China (China) for the period 
of review (POR), January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable June 12, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Omar Qureshi, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5307.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of, among 
other orders, the antidumping duty order on potassium permanganate from 
China for the POR, January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018.\1\ On 
February 28, 2019, Pacific Accelerator Limited (PAL) and its affiliate 
Chongqing Changyuan Group Limited (Chongqing Changyuan Chemical 
Corporation Limited (Changyuan) filed a timely request for review, in 
accordance with 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).\2\ On April 1, 2019, based on this request and accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on potassium permanganate from China, covering the POR.\3\ 
On May 3, 2019, PAL and Changyuan timely withdrew their request for 
administrative review.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 2816 (February 8, 2019).
    \2\ See letter from PAL and Changyuan, ``Request for 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Potassium 
Permanganate from the People's Republic of China,'' dated February 
28, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 12200 (April 1, 2019).
    \4\ See letter from PAL, ``Pacific Accelerator Limited's 
Withdrawal of Request for Review: Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Potassium Permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated May 3, 2019; see also letter from 
Changyuan, ``Chongqing Changyuan Group Limited's Withdrawal of 
Request for Review, Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Potassium Permanganate from the People's Republic of 
China,'' dated May 3, 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 that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. PAL 
and Changyuan were the only respondents party to this review. As noted 
above, PAL and Changyuan withdrew their requests for review by the 90-
day deadline. Commerce received no other requests for review of PAL and 
Changyuan or with respect to any other companies. As a result, Commerce 
is rescinding the administrative review of potassium permanganate from 
China covering the POR in its entirety.

Assessment

    We will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Because Commerce is 
rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, the entries to 
which this administrative review pertained shall be assessed 
antidumping duties 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

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instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of this notice.

Notifications

    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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a final 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/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: June 6, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-12393 Filed 6-11-19; 8:45 am]
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