[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44278-44279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18190]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-038]


Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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 certain 
amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for the period March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, 
based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable August 23, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Geiger, 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) 482-2057.

Background

    On March 5, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silica fabric from China for the period of 
review covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019.\1\ On April 
1, 2019, Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (AMI), a domestic producer of 
silica fabric, timely filed a request for review, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.213(b).\2\ Pursuant to this request, and in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 
administrative review of 81 companies.\3\ On July 8, 2019, AMI timely 
filed a withdrawal of its request for the administrative review of all 
81 companies.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 7877 (March 5, 2019).
    \2\ See AMI's Letter, ``Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated April 1, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 24743 (May 29, 2019). Commerce 
published a correction to five companies' names in July. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
    \4\ See AMI's Letter, ``Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the 
People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Petitioners' Request for 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated July 8, 
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 the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, AMI, the only party to file a request for review, withdrew 
this request by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silica fabric 
from China covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, in its 
entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of silica fabric 
from China. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at

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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 date of 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 
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 all parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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: August 19, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-18190 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
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