[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 878-879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00048]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-058]


Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel 
From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of the 
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 People's Republic of China (China) for the 
period November 22, 2017 through May 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable January 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Doss, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4474.

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 China for the period November 22, 2017, 
through May

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31, 2019.\1\ On June 27, 2019, Commerce received a timely request for 
review from Zhangjiagang Huacheng Import & Export Co., Ltd. 
(Huacheng).\2\ On July 1, 2019, the petitioners \3\ filed a timely 
request for review with respect to 24 companies.\4\ Additionally, on 
July 1, 2019, Commerce received a timely request for review from Howmet 
Corp Logistics Services, a unit of Arconic Inc. (Howmet) (a U.S. 
importer of subject merchandise) for review of merchandise produced by 
Wuxi P&C Machinery Co., Ltd. (Wuxi) and exported by Benteler 
Distribution Ltd (Benteler).\5\ Based on these requests, on July 29, 
2019, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice 
of initiation of an administrative review covering the period November 
22, 2017 through May 31, 2019.\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 Huacheng's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People's Republic of China; Request 
for Administrative Review,'' dated June 27, 2019.
    \3\ The petitioners are ArcelorMittal Tubular Products LLC, 
Michigan Seamless Tube, LLC, PTC Alliance Corp., and Webco 
Industries, Inc.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
the People's Republic of China--Domestic Industry's Request for 
First Administrative Review,'' dated July 1, 2019.
    \5\ See Howmet's Letters, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 
of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for Administrative Review'' and ``Certain Cold-Drawn 
Mechanical Tubing of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People's 
Republic of China: Amendment of the Request for Administrative 
Review,'' both dated July 1, 2019.
    \6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 36572 (July 29, 2019).
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    On July 31, 2019, Howmet submitted a timely request to withdraw its 
request for administrative review.\7\ On October 8, 2019, the 
petitioners submitted a timely request to withdraw their request for 
administrative review with respect to all entities for which they had 
requested a review.\8\ On October 10, 2019, Huacheng submitted a timely 
request to withdraw its request for administrative review.\9\
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    \7\ See Howmet's Letter, ``Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 
of Carbon and Alloy Steel from the People's Republic of China: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 
2019.
    \8\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
the People's--Domestic Industry's Withdrawal of Request for First 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 8, 2019.
    \9\ See Huacheng's Letter, ``Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from 
the People's Republic of China: Huacheng's Withdrawal of Request for 
First Administrative Review,'' dated October 10, 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 parties that 
requested the review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As 
noted above, the petitioners, Howmet, and Huacheng fully withdrew their 
respective review requests by the 90-day deadline. As such, Commerce is 
in receipt of timely requests for withdrawal of the instant 
administrative review with respect to all companies listed in the 
Initiation Notice. Accordingly, we are rescinding the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on cold-drawn mechanical tubing 
from China 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 China 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)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the 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 and/or 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 the antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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.
    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 31, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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