[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 180 (Tuesday, September 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48911-48912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-20084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-831]


Biodiesel From the Republic of Indonesia: Rescission of 
Countervailing 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 countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
biodiesel from the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia) for the period of 
review (POR) August 28, 2017, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable September 17, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC; telephone (202) 482-3586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on biodiesel from Indonesia for the POR.\1\ On February 28, 2019, 
the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade Coalition (the National 
Biodiesel Coalition), a domestic interested party,\2\ filed a timely 
request for review with respect to PT. Cermerlang Energi Perkasa (CEP); 
PT. Ciliandra Perkasa; PT. Musim Mas, Medan; PT. Pelita Agung 
Agrindustri; and Wilmar International Ltd. (collectively, the Companies 
Subject to Review), in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\3\ Pursuant to 
this request, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), on April 1, 2019, Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the Companies Subject to Review.\4\ On June 
27, 2019, the National Biodiesel Coalition filed a timely withdrawal of 
its request for the administrative review of the Companies Subject to 
Review.\5\
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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\ Members of the National Biodiesel Coalition include the 
National Biodiesel Board; American GreenFuels, LLC; Archer Daniels 
Midland Company; Ag Processing Inc.; Crimson Renewable Energy LP; 
High Plains Bioenergy; Integrity Biofuels, LLC; Iowa Renewable 
Energy, LLC; Lake Erie Biofuels (dba HERO BX); Minnesota Soybean 
Processors; New Leaf Biofuel, LLC; Newport Biodiesel, LLC; Renewable 
Biofuels, LLC; Renewable Energy Group, Inc.; Western Dubuque 
Biodiesel, LLC; Western Iowa Energy, LLC; and World Management 
Group, LLC (dba World Energy).
    \3\ See Letter from the National Biodiesel Coalition, 
``Biodiesel from Indonesia: Request for Administrative Review of 
Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated February 28, 2019.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 12200 (April 1, 2019).
    \5\ See Letter from the National Biodiesel Coalition, 
``Biodiesel from Indonesia: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review of the Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated June 27, 2019.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to section 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, the National Biodiesel Coalition, the only party to file a 
request for review, withdrew its request for all parties for which a 
review was requested by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we are 
rescinding the administrative review of the CVD order on biodiesel from 
Indonesia for the period August 28, 2017, through December 31, 2018, in 
its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess CVD duties on all appropriate entries of biodiesel from 
Indonesia. CVD duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated CVD duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19

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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 CVD 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 CVD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled CVD 
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: September 11, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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