[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60056-60057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-845]


Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel 
From the Federal Republic of Germany: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: 2017-2019

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 cold-
drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn 
mechanical tubing) from the Federal Republic of Germany (Germany) for 
the period of

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review November 22, 2017, through May 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable November 7, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 3, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cold-
drawn mechanical tubing from Germany for the period November 22, 2017, 
through May 31, 2019.\1\ Pursuant to a timely request from 
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products LLC, Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC, PTC 
Alliance Corp., and Webco Industries, Inc., (the petitioners),\2\ in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on cold-drawn 
mechanical tubing from Germany on July 29, 2019, with respect to six 
companies: BENTELER Steel/Tube GmbH (Benteler); BENTELER Distribution 
International GmbH (BDI); Mubea Fahrwerksfedern GmbH (Mubea 
Fahrwerksfedern); Salzgitter Mannesmann Line Pipe GmbH (Salzgitter 
Mannesmann Line Pipe); Salzgitter Mannesmann Precision GmbH (Salzgitter 
Mannesmann Precision); and, VSMPO Tirus GmbH (VSMPO Tirus).\3\ On 
October 8, 2019, the petitioners timely withdrew their request for an 
administrative review of all of the companies named in their July 1, 
2019, request for review,\4\ except for Benteler and BDI.\5\ On October 
23, 2019, the petitioners timely withdrew their request for an 
administrative review with respect to all entities for which they had 
requested a review.\6\
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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 Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
Germany--Domestic Industry's Request for First Administrative 
Review,'' dated July 1, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 36572 (July 29, 2019).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
Germany--Domestic Industry's Request for First Administrative 
Review,'' dated July 1, 2019.
    \5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
Germany--Domestic Industry's Partial Withdrawal of Request for First 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 8, 2019.
    \6\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
Germany--Domestic Industry's Withdrawal of Request for First 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 23, 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 its request within 90 days of the publication date 
of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners, 
who were the only parties to request a review, withdrew their request 
within the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany for 
the period November 22, 2017, through May 31, 2019, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of cold-drawn 
mechanical tubing from Germany. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at 
rates equal to the cash deposit rate 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 publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as the only reminder to importers whose entries 
will be liquidated as a result of this rescission notice, 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 the presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only 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(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.

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: November 1, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-24311 Filed 11-6-19; 8:45 am]
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