[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 250 (Tuesday, December 31, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72298-72299]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28263]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-502]
Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipes and Tubes From India:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part; 2018-
2019
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review, in part, on welded carbon steel standard pipes
and tubes (pipes and tubes) from India
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covering the period of review (POR) May 1, 2018, through April 30,
2019.
DATES: Applicable December 31, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pipes
and tubes from India for the POR May 1, 2018, through April 30,
2019.\1\ On July 15, 2019, in response to timely requests from
interested parties, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
pipes and tubes from India with respect to 29 companies.\2\
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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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On October 15, 2019, Indendence Tube Corporation and Southland
Tube, Incorporated (collectively Nucor Pipe Mills) and Wheatland Tube
timely withdrew their requests for an administrative review for APL
Apollo Tubes Ltd., Asian Contec Ltd., Bhandari Foils & Tubes Ltd.,
Bhushan Steel Ltd., Blue Moon Logistics Pvt. Ltd., CH Robinson
Worldwide, Ess-Kay Engineers, Manushi Enterprise & Nishi Boring
Corporation, Fiber Tech Composite Pvt. Ltd., GCL Private Limited,
Goodluck India Ltd., GVN Fuels Ltd., Hydromatik, Jindal Quality Tubular
Ltd., KLT Automatic & Tubular Products Ltd., Lloyds Line Pipes Ltd.,
MARINEtrans India Private Ltd., Patton International Ltd., Surya Global
Steel Tubes Ltd., Surya Roshni Ltd., Zenith Birla (India) Ltd., Zenith
Birla Steels Private Ltd., and Zenith Dyeintermediates Ltd.\3\ Nucor
Pipe Mills additionally withdrew its request for an administrative
review of Raajratna Ventures Ltd., Ratnamani Metals & Tubes Ltd., SAR
Transport Systems Pvt. Ltd., Vallourec Heat Exchanger Tubes Ltd., and
Welspun India Ltd.
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\3\ See Nucor Pipe Mills' Letter to Commerce, ``Partial
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 15,
2019, and Wheatland Tube's Letter to Commerce, ``Withdrawal of
Request for Administrative Review'' dated October 15, 2019.
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Rescission of Administrative Review in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review ``in whole or in part, if a party that requested
a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review.'' Because
Nucor Pipe Mills and Wheatland Tube withdrew their requests for review
within the 90-day time limit,\4\ and because we received no other
requests for review of these respondents for which the review requests
were withdrawn, we are rescinding the administrative review of the
order, in part.
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\4\ The 90-day period ended on Sunday, October 13, 2019, and
Monday, October 14, 2019, was a federal holiday. Therefore, the
withdrawal letters were due on Tuesday, October 15, 2019. See 19 CFR
351.301(b)(1) (``For both electronically filed and manually filed
documents, if the applicable due date falls on a non-business day,
the Secretary will accept documents that are filed on the next
business day.'')
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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
respondents for which the review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall
be assessed at the rate 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 publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
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 antidumping 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a 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). 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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable
violation.
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: December 20, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-28263 Filed 12-30-19; 8:45 am]
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