[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64463-64464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25379]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-008]


Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Taiwan: 
Partial 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 partially rescinding 
its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan for the period 
May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019.

DATES: Applicable November 22, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hannah Falvey or Nicolas Mayora, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4889 or (202) 482-3053, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice 
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty (AD) order on certain circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Taiwan for the period of review May 1, 2018, through April 30, 
2019.\1\ Pursuant to requests from interested parties, Commerce 
initiated an administrative review with respect to 27 companies in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).\2\ Subsequent to the initiation of the administrative 
review, several interested parties timely withdrew their requests for 
26 of these companies for which a review had been requested, as 
discussed below. No other party requested an administrative review of 
these companies.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 18479 (May 1, 2019).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
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Partial Rescission of Administrative 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 of 
the notice of initiation. The request for an administrative review of 
the following companies was withdrawn within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the Initiation Notice: Chite Enterprises Co., Ltd.; \3\ 
Chung Hung Steel Corp.; \4\ Far East Machinery Group; \5\ Far East 
Machinery Co., Ltd.; \6\ Fine Blanking & Tool Co., Ltd.; \7\ Froch 
Enterprises; \8\ Kao Hsing Chang Iron & Steel Corp.; \9\ Hou Lih Co., 
Ltd.; \10\ Locksure Inc.; \11\ Lang Hwang Corp.; \12\ Pacific Star 
Express; \13\ Pat & Jeff Enterprise Co., Ltd.; \14\ Pin Tai Metal Inc.; 
\15\ New Chance Products Co., Ltd.; \16\ Shanghai TR Steel Building 
Products Co., LTD.; \17\ Shang Jouh Industrial Co., Ltd.; \18\ Shengyu 
Steel Co., Ltd.; \19\ Shuan Hwa Industrial Co., Ltd; \20\ Ta Chen 
Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd.; \21\ Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd.; \22\ 
Titan Fastech Ltd.; \23\ YC Inox Co., Ltd.; \24\ Yeong Shien Industrial 
Co., Ltd.; \25\ Yieh Hsing Enterprise Co., Ltd.; \26\ Yousing Precision 
Industry Co., Ltd.\27\ and Yujin Steel Industry Co., Ltd.\28\ All 
review requests were withdrawn for each of these 26 companies, as 
detailed above. As a result, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce 
is rescinding the administrative review of the AD order on certain 
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes with respect to these 26 
companies. The instant review will continue with respect to the 
remaining company for which a review was initiated.
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    \3\ See Independence Tube Corporation and Southland Tube, 
Incorporated (Nucor Pipe Mills) Letter, ``Certain Welded Carbon 
Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes from Taiwan: Partial Withdrawal of 
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 15, 2019 (Nucor 
Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter).
    \4\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Wheatland 
Tube Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
from Taiwan: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated October 15, 2019 (Petitioner Withdrawal Letter).
    \5\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \6\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Petitioner 
Withdrawal Letter.
    \7\ Id.
    \8\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \9\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Petitioner 
Withdrawal Letter.
    \10\ Id.
    \11\ Id.
    \12\ Id.
    \13\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \14\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Petitioner 
Withdrawal Letter.
    \15\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \16\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Petitioner 
Withdrawal Letter.
    \17\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \18\ Id.
    \19\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter; see also Petitioner 
Withdrawal Letter.
    \20\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \21\ Id.
    \22\ Id.
    \23\ Id.
    \24\ Id.
    \25\ Id.
    \26\ See Petitioner Withdrawal Letter.
    \27\ See Nucor Pipe Mills Withdrawal Letter.
    \28\ Id.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the companies 
for which this review is rescinded, 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)(l)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instruction to CBP 15 days 
after publication of this notice in the Federal Register, if 
appropriate.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of any 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 any antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to 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), which continues to govern 
business

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proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 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 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: November 15, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-25379 Filed 11-21-19; 8:45 am]
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