[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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