[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53674-53675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21926]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-357-821]


Biodiesel From Argentina: 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 Argentina for the period August 28, 2017 through 
December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable October 8, 2019.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Dunne, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2328.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of CVD order on biodiesel from 
Argentina for the period August 28, 2017 through December 31, 2018.\1\ 
On February 28, 2019, the petitioner \2\ filed a timely request for 
review of 18 exporters and importers, 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), we initiated an 
administrative review of the order.\4\ On June 27, 2019, the petitioner 
filed a timely withdrawal of request for the administrative review with 
respect to all entities for which it had requested a 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\ The petitioner is the National Biodiesel Board Fair Trade 
Coalition, which includes the National Biodiesel Board; American 
GreenFuels, LLC; Archer Daniels Midland Company; Ag Processing Inc a 
cooperative; 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 Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: 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 Petitioner's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Argentina: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Countervailing 
Duty Order,'' dated June 27, 2019.
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Rescission of 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 
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 petitioner, who was the only party to file a request 
for review, withdrew its request by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, 
we are rescinding the administrative review of the CVD order on 
biodiesel from Argentina 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 
Argentina. 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 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: October 1, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-21926 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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