[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 495-496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28493]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-043]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
stainless steel sheet and strip (SSSS) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable January 6, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz, Enforcement 
and Compliance, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the CVD order on SSSS from China 
for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018.\1\ On April 
30, 2019, AK Steel Corporation, Allegheny Ludlum LLC d/b/a ATI Flat 
Rolled Products, North American Stainless, and Outokumpu Stainless USA 
LLC (collectively, the petitioners), requested an administrative review 
of exports of subject merchandise to the United States by specific 
companies in China.\2\ On June 13, 2019, in accordance with section 
751(a) the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the order on 
SSSS from China.\3\ On June 19, 2019, the petitioners timely withdrew 
their request for an administrative review

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with respect to all entities for which they had requested a review.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 12207 (April 1, 2019).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty Order on 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People's Republic of 
China--Petitioners' Request for Initiation of Second Administrative 
Review,'' dated April 30, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 27587 (June 13, 2019).
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty Order on 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People's Republic of 
China--Petitioners' Withdrawal of Requests for Second Administrative 
Review,'' dated June 19, 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 a party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review.'' The 
petitioners withdrew their request within the 90-day time limit. 
Because we received no other requests for review of the order on SSSS 
from China, we are rescinding the administrative review of the order in 
its entirety, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries of SSSS from 
China during the period of review at rates equal to the cash deposit 
rate of estimated countervailing 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 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 countervailing 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 countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled countervailing duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
an 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 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: December 30, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-28493 Filed 1-3-20; 8:45 am]
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