[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57400-57401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23339]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-851]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ Inches) From Japan: 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 (AD) order on certain 
small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure 
pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan for the period of review (POR) 
June 1, 2018 through May 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of 
the request for review.

DATES: Applicable October 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
1, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 3, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and 
pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan for the POR of June 1, 
2018 through May 31, 2019.\1\ United States Steel Corporation (U.S. 
Steel) timely filed requests for an administrative review of Denka 
Company Limited (Denka), Ebara Corporation (Ebara), JFE Steel 
Corporation (JFE Steel), Kaneka Corporation (Kaneka), Kawasaki Steel 
Corporation (Kawasaki Steel), Maruichi Kohan Limited (Maruichi), Metal 
One Tubular Products Incorporated (Metal One), Nippon Steel & Sumitomo 
Metal Corporation (N&S), Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel), NKK 
Tubes (NKK), Okaya & Company Limited (Okaya), Sumitomo Corporation 
(Sumitomo Corp.), Sumitomo Metal Industries Limited (Sumitomo Metal), 
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (Taiheiyo), Vallourec & Sumitomo Tubos do 
Brasil Limitada (V&C), Vallourec Solucoes Tubulares do Brasil 
(Vallourec Solucoes), and Yamashin Industry Company (Yamashin), in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order. Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 25521 (June 3, 2019).
    \2\ See letter from U.S. Steel, ``Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4\1/2\ Inches) from Japan: 
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
June 28, 2019.
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    On July 29, 2019, pursuant to these requests, and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an

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administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/
2\ inches) from Japan with respect to Denka, Ebara, JFE Steel, Kaneka, 
Kawasaki Steel, Maruichi, Metal One, N&S, Nippon Steel, NKK, Okaya, 
Sumitomo Corp., Sumitomo Metal, Taiheiyo, V&C, Vallourec Solucoes, and 
Yamashin.\3\ On September 4, 2019, U.S. Steel withdrew its request for 
an administrative review with respect to all of the companies for which 
it had requested a review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 36572 (July 29, 2019).
    \4\ See letter from U.S. Steel, ``Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4.5 Inches) from Japan: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order,'' dated September 24, 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 or parties 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
U.S. Steel withdrew its request for review of Denka, Ebara, JFE Steel, 
Kaneka, Kawasaki Steel, Maruichi, Metal One, N&S, Nippon Steel, NKK, 
Okaya, Sumitomo Corp., Sumitomo Metal, Taiheiyo, V&C, Vallourec 
Solucoes, and Yamashin. U.S. Steel withdrew its request within 90 days 
of the publication date of the notice of initiation. No other parties 
requested an administrative review of the order. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review in 
its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of small diameter 
carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/
2\ inches) from Japan. Antidumping duties shall be assessed 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 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 351.42(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of AD 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 AD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD 
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 issues 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 21, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-23339 Filed 10-24-19; 8:45 am]
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